Fields Medalist: AI is Hitting Math Fast and Will Soon Surpass Human Capabilities
haider1 · x · 2026-08-04
Fields Medalist Jacob Tsimerman believes that math is being hit particularly fast by AI because it is a pure thought activity. He notes that AI systems have already independently solved many important mathematical conjectures and will very soon become robustly better at the rest of what human mathematicians do.
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