MIT's Justin Solomon on Odd Lots: How AI Is Upending the World of Mathematics
JustinMSolomon · x · 2026-10-10
On Bloomberg's Odd Lots, MIT associate dean for engineering education Justin Solomon discusses how AI is reshaping both math research and education.
- OpenAI recently announced an AI-generated proof for the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the most famous unsolved questions in mathematics
- Solomon explains the problem and why even professional mathematicians struggle to parse the AI proof
- In education, LLMs doing students' homework are forcing teachers to rethink pedagogy
- Also covers what movies get wrong about mathematicians and how he's adapting his teaching
A one-hour deep dive worth listening to for anyone tracking AI's impact on fundamental sciences.
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