Reddit User Rebuts Mathematicians' Complaints About AI Solving Math Problems
After OpenAI models generated solutions to hard math problems and drew complaints from mathematicians, a viral Reddit post rebuts their objections one by one, arguing AI only adds to mathematics rather than taking anything away.
2026-10-12 ~ 2026-10-12 · 2 related posts
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- Redditor pushes back on mathematicians upset over AI-generated proofs — northward_42 · 2026-10-12
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