HerrDreyer challenges AI-assisted math research: what is research without insight?
HerrDreyer · x · 2026-10-24
In a thread on AI-assisted math research (3/3), HerrDreyer poses the core challenge: part of the "AI-assisted" research community seems to have entirely given up on insight — people generating large AI-produced proofs they don't fully understand. "What is research without insight, even if we get application?"
mboehme responds that while some misuse AI this way, AI also helps many researchers develop insights faster — kicking off his loss/win analysis of automated research.
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