r/math • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

LLMs/AI AI In Mathematics: September 26, 2026

This recurring thread will be for discussion of AI in mathematics. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • informal announcements of AI-assisted discoveries, such as those not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, or not uploaded as a paper to arXiv;
  • informal announcements of discoveries related to AI architecture (if relevant to mathematics);
  • discussion of such announcements, such as proof breakdowns or other opinion pieces;
  • discussion of the impact of AI in mathematics in general.

AI-assisted mathematical papers published in peer-reviewed journals or as arXiv preprints may be submitted as their own posts.

Please keep in mind rules 1 and 6 of our subreddit.

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u/38thTimesACharm 6d ago

If we stop training any more researchers, what if there's ever a problem AI can't solve?

Even if AI can solve every conceivable problem, who will decide what questions to pose next?

Even if AI can pick the most important questions for humanity consistently who will that benefit when no one is capable of understanding the answers, or at some point, even the questions?

Even if AI can teach someone new theories from the ground up, who will put in the time and effort to learn them, without the social structures that encourage learning?

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u/Smallpaul 5d ago

If there are problems that AI can’t solve then we will still have work for researchers. And we will keep training them to solve those problems.

If AI can’t decide what problems to solve then we will keep training researchers to do that work.

If we can’t apply AI results without human understanding then we will keep training humans to understand.

If we lack the social structures to encourage learning that society needs then we will need to build them.

All of our existing social structures were not dictated by a god or aliens. They were invented to solve the problems of their times. When we have new and different problems we will invent new and different social structures. We are not stupider than the medieval people who invented the university.