Gaël Varoquaux asks: how much plagiarism is in big AI's mathematical genius?
GaelVaroquaux · x · 2026-10-12
Computer scientist Gaël Varoquaux published a general-public piece on how ideas travel from a conversation with an AI tool to a mathematical proof, and uses it to ask how much plagiarism underlies big AI's mathematical genius—researchers have recognized their own unfinished lines of work in the model's results. English version available on his website.
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