AI + formal verification: a researcher asks what happens when formalization becomes cheap

IanArawjo · x · 2026-09-25

Kaiyu Yang, working on AI + formal verification since 2018, reflects in a long-form post on the current excitement and a deeper question: what happens when formalization becomes cheap—what can it actually solve, and what changes? HCI researcher shreya adds that using AI to help humans author more specifications is an interesting open direction, and Ian Arawjo agrees the HCI angle deserves exploration.

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