A mathematician explains why to be excited, not frightened, by the AI mathematics revolution
StefanoGogioso · x · 2026-10-08
Mathematician Stefano Gogioso publishes an essay on why he is excited — rather than frightened — by AI's revolution in mathematics:
- He splits mathematical practice into three pursuits: creation (exploring conceptual space and shaping structures), formalisation (translating personal, semantic understanding into codified mathematical language to convince oneself and others), and communication.
- AI tools relieve mathematicians of the burden of syntactic formalisation, letting them fully focus on the creative act of mathematical modelling.
- Longer term, this paves the way for more conceptually driven communication of results, rather than threatening mathematicians' work.
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