AI targets the Erdős reciprocal sum problem, and math may be humbled first
aminkarbasi · x · 2026-10-07
Reacting to a model attempt at the Erdős reciprocal sum problem—whose special cases contributed to 3 Fields medals and 1 Abel prize—aminkarbasi argues AI will humble mathematicians first, before everyone else. Another signal of AI pushing into frontier math research.
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