AI-proven math results can pull non-mathematicians into the problem, users argue
dyamins · x · 2026-07-23
A reply argues that the surprising part of an AI-proven math result is not just the theorem itself, but that it pulls in people who do not normally work on math.
- The appeal goes beyond mathematics: smart people can spend a long time on a hard problem and then suddenly see a new opportunity.
- The writer says the “AI-ness” matters because AI changes the threshold for what counts as boring but worth doing.
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