Researcher Predicts Fixing AI's Math Weaknesses Won't Make Mathematicians Like AI More
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-10-10
Quintin Pope argues that while current AIs are poor contributors to mathematics — badly written proofs, poor taste in conjectures, sloppy citations — fixing these flaws will not make mathematicians like AI more.
His reasoning: anyone who believes math truly benefits humanity should welcome AIs doing the same work faster and at greater scale, so the resistance runs deeper than output quality.
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