Mathematicians weigh in on Claude's FLT proof: most would have collaborated with Buzzard
littmath · x · 2026-09-07
Amid the controversy over Claude's Lean formalization of Fermat's Last Theorem, mathematician littmath says most mathematicians in Anthropic's position would have offered to collaborate with Kevin Buzzard. @nihilunbounded counters, citing Hugo's article, that hyperspecific credit disputes make an ugly thing out of a usually honest community activity. The thread probes how attribution norms should adapt when AI accelerates mathematical proofs.
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