François Fleuret: AI math is to math what numerical integration is to ODEs
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-09-17
AI researcher François Fleuret offers a pointed analogy: current AI mathematics is to mathematics what numerical integration is to differential equations — you may get the final number you were looking for, but it comes with zero additional insight.
The implication: models can produce correct answers, but unlike human mathematicians, the solving process yields no new understanding, methods, or theoretical value.
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