Fields medalist shaken by OpenAI's 700 AI-generated math manuscripts touching his work
LukeW · x · 2026-10-12
LukeW highlights AI's bottom-up and top-down impact at once: Le Monde reports Fields medalist Hugo Duminil-Copin was deeply shaken by OpenAI releasing 700+ AI-generated mathematical manuscripts, 16 directly relevant to his research — "On Tuesday night, I cried." Meanwhile, a user shows using ChatGPT (Astra) as a math tutor via a scanning camera and a vibecoded paste tool for instant paper-problem feedback.
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