AI Could Make Math Research as Capital-Intensive as Physics, With Billions of Agents
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-09-23
A prediction that frontier mathematics will soon require billions of dollars in investment like physics has, sparking speculation about what 10 billion 2028-level AI agents doing math research could achieve — potentially yielding massive numbers of breakthroughs.
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