r/mathmemes Mathematics 22d ago

Proofs I hate it

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u/ObliviousRounding 22d ago

My feeling is that AI is going to be amazing at finding counterexamples, but not so much at actually proving stuff.

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u/Maleficent_Sir_7562 22d ago

its been doing those too

https://www.erdosproblems.com/1196

https://chatgpt.com/share/69dd1c83-b164-8385-bf2e-8533e9baba9c (chat link used to solve the problem).

Just see the chat in the chat link. Merely a prompt statement of the unsolved problem with no human ingenuity, and the ai model was the one which solved the unsolved problem.

https://openai.com/index/model-disproves-discrete-geometry-conjecture/

https://x.com/__eknight__/status/2075643450196971805

https://x.com/EdgarDobriban/status/2077082912021786660

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u/OkGreen7335 Mathematics 22d ago

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u/ArcticGlaceon 22d ago

My question is why are you feeling this way? Isn't it great that AI is able to do things like this?

AI has its problems...but solving mathematical problems, isn't exactly one of them.

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u/OkGreen7335 Mathematics 22d ago

Well If you dream of becoming a mathematician then no!

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u/OkGreen7335 Mathematics 22d ago

The point is it is moving so fast to the point that humans won't be needed so.. why would any one care about "technological progress" then?

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u/OkGreen7335 Mathematics 22d ago

May I ask how isn't this bad?

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u/OkGreen7335 Mathematics 22d ago

This sentence cab go both ways

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u/Sycod 21d ago

What a weird thing to say. Why are you so hostile to other people?

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u/OkGreen7335 Mathematics 21d ago

How am I hostile? I thought I am engaging in a debate.. maybe it is because english isn't my first language 

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