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Re:Terence Tao, "Machine Assisted Proof" [video] by pfdietz on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @11:23PM (#39379083)
Ah, but the nice thing about constructing formal proofs is you can immediately tell if the output is correct.
Re:Terence Tao, "Machine Assisted Proof" [video] by practal on Thursday February 15, 2024 @10:59AM (#39384288)
Yes, but you also need to make sure the input is correct! For example, your idea of automatically formalising a paper needs to somehow make sure that the result means the same as the paper.