Re:Why the Legendary Erdős Problems Are Falling to AI
by glitchc on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:14AM
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Thanks for sharing. Regrettably his conclusion on proof exposition increasing in importance reflects the broad trend in every field: When someone (or something) else is doing the actual work, all that's left for the original folks is to find a way to sell it. Pretty soon mathematics will be awash in marketing with slogans such as "I am a famous mathematician, I checked this proof and it looks legit. Trust me." Absolutely nothing wrong with that scenario right? Except for the logically fallacious appeal to authority and the inevitable corruption over time.
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Re:Why the Legendary Erdős Problems Are Falling to AI
by boothby on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @12:13PM
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No. More like "I am mathematician and I have digested this sloppy writing and understand this to be an application of Foo theory to the Bar problem with a Baz twist. The prior publication omits crucial references to..."