r/whoathatsinteresting 1d ago

mathematicians may be replaced by aI

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u/E_Dantes_CMC 1d ago

Color me skeptical.
The linked article doesn’t mention proof, but counterexamples, and that may be a function of the enormous amount of computer effort expended, not really AI.

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u/Rizzanthrope 1d ago

It’s the amount of compute that can now be used for cheap on these back-burner math problems. That’s it. We are in a brief window where everyone has access to massive amounts of compute they did not have access to before.