AI-generated math proofs have the same energy as obfuscated C code contests
DynamicWebPaige · x · 2026-10-20
Paige Bailey draws a wry parallel: obfuscated C code contests and today's AI-generated math proofs share the exact same energy — "no idea what this does or if it's cursed, Lean says it's valid, it looks like gibberish, and reverse-engineering it breaks your brain and finds weird edge cases."
A resonant observation: machine-verified but human-unreadable formal proofs echo the obfuscated code tradition, challenging the intuition that verifiable equals trustworthy.
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