Mathematicians Debate LLMs: Lacking Diverse Thought but Useful for Long Proofs

Mathematician Tony Feng argues current LLMs lack the diversity of thought essential to research, while another researcher contends their real value lies in super-long complex proofs rather than insight-driven short papers.

2026-11-02 ~ 2026-11-02 · 2 related posts

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