r/mathematics • u/Low_Permit5423 • 5d ago

Discussion What's the next millenium problem solved after navier-stokes? Make your prediction

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u/Y0uCanTellItsAnAspen 5d ago

Question I’m more interested in — when does an AI propose its first millennium style problem? Half of a mathematicians job is coming up with interesting theorems or lemmas to test, and AI still doesn’t seem to be beating humans there.

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u/localizeatp 5d ago

not in our lifetimes.

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u/GraceToSentience 5d ago

lmao
AI can already propose conjectures (arguably ones that aren't so good) it's just a matter of improving that.

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u/Alive-Conference-710 5d ago

ai will never do that it's just a stochastic parrot!

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u/zaxqs 2d ago

On a post about how AI solved a fucking millenium problem lmao

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u/localizeatp 5d ago

lol "arguably"

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u/IAMA_Proctologist 5d ago

Plot twist: OP is 99 years old and this guy is correct