Mathematician Tony Feng: AI proofs will open 'new continents' within a year
littmath · x · 2026-11-06
Mathematician Tony Feng says he has moved through skepticism, denial, and grief to genuine excitement about AI in mathematics. He sees current AI proofs as clever technical tricks without fundamentally new ideas, but notes rapid progress versus six months ago and expects coming-year developments to open metaphorical new continents and planets unreachable with pencil and paper. He likens AI to alien intelligence: only mathematicians will directly see and appreciate what it says, so anyone curious should invest in human math.
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