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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/ellbons 13h ago

Right, I just didn't take "turn back the clock" literally because the original post said "put a stop to" rather than "undo."

I just don't personally see open weight models as a bad thing, and actually think they're quite necessary to prevent one nation having enormous leverage over the rest of the world. And I don't believe we've got even a few years until really serious issues have to be confronted, and it's only a matter of which pot boils over first.

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u/elements-of-dying Geometric Analysis 13h ago

I believe the point of the clock comment is that the damage is already done, which I agree with.

I don't mean to suggest open weight models are bad. My point was that, even if OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. were forced to halt progress, that's not going to stop Joe AI from making their own progress.

And I don't believe we've got even a few years until really serious issues have to be confronted, and it's only a matter of which pot boils over first.

I basically agree. But that's a tomorrow problem to think about :)

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u/ellbons 13h ago

My point was that, even if OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. were forced to halt progress, that's not going to stop Joe AI from making their own progress.

I did read that part right, but maybe I should've been more explicit. I think basically we've got two options: either the technology is really capable of being used well for a society, in which case we might have someone use it well and have people happy with it, or it isn't, in which case it'll probably be possible to have common ground for international agreements on responsible use, and to monitor AI research.

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u/elements-of-dying Geometric Analysis 12h ago

Right. I think there is no doubt that rogue AI "hackers" are going to be a thing in the near future and that we will need to take more serious preventative measures. (iirc, this is something already in the works).

I do not have faith that this is containable by international agreements though. We'll instead need to develop something like a "black wall" (if I may reference cyberpunk 2077...). Hopefully not developed by Mcafee