Mathematicians furious at LLM puzzle-solving, but genius research remains human
burkov · x · 2026-10-10
ML author Andriy Burkov on why mathematicians are furious about LLMs solving math puzzles.
- Math's traditional defense—"no one knows when theory becomes useful"—gave researchers carte blanche to spend decades on a single puzzle
- LLMs now solve such puzzles, so the anger is understandable
- But he argues real research survives: inventing calculus, graph theory, or geometry takes genius, and genius is a human feature
- What's over is playing with puzzles as a substitute for working
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