Ken Ono on Discovery, Reasoning, and Verification
AlexKontorovich · x · 2026-07-20
Ken Ono’s talk frames mathematics as a trinity of modes:
- Discovery — examples, patterns, conjectures
- Reasoning — LLMs, literature search, plans, informal proofs
- Verification — formal statements, proof assistants, checked proofs, reusable libraries
The post shares a photo of the slide deck from the talk.
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