After AI solved the Erdős conjecture, 'just synthesis' no longer holds, argues Berezin
ipeirotis · x · 2026-11-02
Responding to Farrell & Shalizi's Economist piece framing AI as a "condensate of human culture" rather than a Digital God, Peter Berezin counters: after AI solved the Erdős conjecture, calling it mere synthesis of existing knowledge is like saying Einstein didn't really create General Relativity because he synthesized Riemann and Poincaré.
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