Mathematicians Split Over Whether AI-Proven Theorems Count as Progress

AI's proof of a major mathematical theorem has sparked fierce debate: physicist Étienne Klein echoed philosopher Aurélien Barrau in calling it "meaningless" and "a sad moment," while critics accuse elite academia of denying what would recently have been hailed as Fields Medal-level progress.

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