AI math debate: does traditional math culture block P/NP and Riemann progress?
_onionesque · x · 2026-10-19
A debate over AI and mathematics: one user argues established math culture is fundamentally incapable of solving the biggest open problems like P/NP, the Riemann hypothesis, and major Langlands program goals, and welcomes AI progress even if it offends the status quo. A critic counters that without established math culture there would be no Langlands program at all.
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