LLMs still haven’t destroyed mathematicians’ private tricks, says Gowers
AlexKontorovich · x · 2026-07-26
A mathematician argues that many mathematicians rely on private bags of tricks built over years, and says his experience with LLMs suggests those tricks have not been wiped out yet.
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