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Human mathematicians are being outcounterexampled

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Human mathematicians are being outcounterexampled
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A mathematician discusses the recent trend of AI models generating mathematical proofs, specifically noting ChatGPT's role in disproving a long-standing conjecture. The author highlights the importance of formalizing these AI-generated proofs using tools like Lean to ensure mathematical rigor.

It’s been an interesting few weeks for counterexamples. This post is basically my perspective of what has been going on in the world of formalization, AI tools and, in particular, counterexamples.

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