AI Can't Reliably Automate Formal Proofs; Verification Equally Laborious
burny_tech · x · 2026-08-01
Mathematician Joel David Hamkins responds to a discussion on AI formalizing mathematical proofs, arguing that it's unrealistic to expect everyone to formalize proofs, and current AI cannot do so reliably. Even with a formalized proof, one must verify the formalization correctly implements the concepts, which is as much work as checking the original proof.
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