AI formalization capabilities hit no ceiling, but Lean may be starting to buckle
davidad · x · 2026-09-04
Researcher davidad highlights an observation from @AcerFur: AI capabilities for formalizing mathematics show no limits in sight, but Lean itself may be becoming the bottleneck. Formalizing numerics generated over 100 GB of numerical data inside Lean, overwhelming the author's laptop, who resorted to taking it as an axiom instead — a sign AI-generated formalization is outgrowing current proof infrastructure.
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