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Surprising AI breakthroughs raise soul-searching questions for mathematicians | Letter

I share Kasra Rafi and Bruce Schneier’s impression that recent mathematical breakthroughs by AI consist in clever recombination of existing ideas, not development of truly novel theory (No, AI doesn’t mean the end of mathematics – at least not yet, 25 August). The question is: what happens to mathematics if this changes? Like many mathematicians, I have done much soul-searching in recent weeks, especially since a key problem in my own field of group theory (the existence of non-sofic groups) was solved this mont…

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If AI can produce mathematical research faster and cheaper, university administrators may treat human mathematics researchers as superfluous.

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Current AI breakthroughs are described as recombination rather than novel theory, with Astra's proof being a slight twist on existing theorems.

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