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AI Math Gets a Human Dispute, and the Proof Is Asked to Do Its Job
· New York time
A dispute among mathematicians has raised questions about the accuracy of AI work and fears that the technology could undermine scientific checking. AI has produced notable scientific results, but an impressive answer still needs scrutiny. The tension is between the speed of a compelling result and the slower work of checking whether it holds. Mathematics has a particularly demanding audience for confident output: a proof cannot pass merely because it sounds pleased with itself. The machine may supply an exciting claim, but the claim still has to survive the part where other people inspect the work.
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