About mathematicians warning about AI rapidly gaining ground in proofs and research.
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About mathematicians warning about AI rapidly gaining ground in proofs and research.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
AI (in this form) will never be able to solve things we truly cannot solve yet. It might catch things that we didn't project properly or brute force things no human can , but it will never unify general relativity with quantum mechanics. It's amazing at finding hidden truths in large datasets, but won't win a Nobel unassisted.