Is AI math just numerical integration? Fleuret says it gives answers but zero insight
Justin_Halford_ · x · 2026-09-17
François Fleuret argues that current AI mathematics is like numerical integration versus differential equations: you get the final number but zero additional insight. A reply counters that AI's leveraging of math will grow by orders of magnitude, triggering a "mathematical renaissance" whose gatekeepers object only for egotistical reasons.
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