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‘Some mathematicians are still wary, however. “The big story now in mathematics is that nobody wants to share anything,” Buckmaster…
I remember in grad school in 1976 Ian Hacking (visiting UCLA at the time) reporting that the 4-color theorem had…
Sorry, I don’t follow? The whole point of the open letter is that these AI engines *are* producing innovative solutions…
This issue – the difference between getting an answer from AI and actually understanding it – is why I started…
Your analogies continue to be so poor that it is difficult to make sense of the point being made. I…
My last response got cut off. So, I’ll try again. Why is it “off message”? I was quite explicit: AI…
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/09/11/top-mathematicians-are-outraged-by-openais-methods
Thom Brooks (Newcastle) has produced an updated version of his helpful guide, which we discussed last year (and Professor Brooks acknowledges the help he got from this feedback in the new version). You can discuss the new version with him at his blog.
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