Essay: AI + Lean theorem proving's human collaboration window may last one summer
MoonL88537 · x · 2026-10-23
In a new essay, johnloeber recounts spending weekends this year on automated theorem proving with AI + Lean, only for the Bitter Lesson to prevail. Reflecting on the OpenAI Math Repo, he argues the window for human-AI collaboration in mathematics is short—possibly just one summer before models surpass it. The essay even envisions AI eventually answering P=NP and the Riemann Hypothesis. The reposter notes the smartest mathematicians are forced to reckon with this first.
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