Prediction: all mainstream software will be formally verified by 2030
sytelus · x · 2026-09-21
Developer sytelus predicts math's biggest impact won't be the millennium problems but proofs applied to software at scale: by 2030, all mainstream software will be formally verified and you likely won't touch an unverified library.
His argument: formalizing specs and scaling verification to 1B LoC are ripe targets for auto-research/self-improvement loops. He's confident because if this doesn't happen, either AI progress stalls or the world ends — making the prediction moot either way.
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