Fields Medalist: Frontier models exceed humans in math, AI proving conjectures may become the norm
S_Conradi · x · 2026-09-01
Hugo Duminil-Copin, a Fields Medalist, shares a practitioner's perspective on AI in mathematics. He notes that while he avoids long-term predictions, current frontier models are undeniably superior to him in many tasks, possessing encyclopedic knowledge of his field where he sometimes struggles. While AI will benefit problems with direct applications, he questions whether the rapid proliferation of AI-generated proofs is universally welcomed. He recounts colleagues' experience where ChatGPT Pro proved a difficult percolation problem ($pc < 1$) and fears the famous conjecture $\theta(pc) = 0$ may soon fall to AI.
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