AI not yet proven capable of posing key questions like human mathematicians
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-08-23
tobyordoxford notes that human mathematicians have a unique ability to find important questions amidst an exponential set of possibilities. There is currently little evidence that AI can do this (or that it cannot). This touches on the core value of "asking the right question" in mathematics and scientific research.
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