AI that finds strange counterexamples could still be a huge win for mathematicians
aran_nayebi · x · 2026-07-23
A repost argues that if AI becomes superhuman at finding weird counterexamples while staying merely human-level at everything else, that would still be a major win for mathematicians.
The reasoning is that discovering unusual examples can sharpen intuition, expose hidden edge cases, and help people form better conjectures.
The author adds that they are not predicting this outcome—just saying it would be useful if it happened.
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