After Navier-Stokes: the anti-hype take on AI's role in the math breakthrough
Jsevillamol · x · 2026-09-10
A day after the Navier-Stokes news, mathematician Greg Burnham offers an anti-hype read: mathematicians had devised a promising strategy, and the last mile simply turned out to be well-suited to AI. Beyond the usual "progress is fast" narrative, he argues there's a subtler angle on what AI actually contributed to the breakthrough.
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