Math: You Can’t Demand Novelty and Then Complain About AI

The “math vs. AI” wars are continuing to heat up. I predict things will become more intense in the coming months. OpenAI and Anthropic will likely release new proofs, possibly including solutions to remaining Millennium Prize Problems or another batch of unsolved problems. This will lead to a new round of intense debate. In a viral article this week, Derek Thompson published “I Know Why the Mathematicians Weep“. The tweet below quoting mathematician Terence Tao also went viral. He proclaims that “we’re seeing the end of the romantic era of mathematics, the age of heroes. we’re moving into an industrial era where math becomes large-scale, done in big teams like the other sciences”. Mathematician Terence Tao: "we’re seeing the end of the romantic era of mathematics, the age of heroes. we’re moving into an industrial era where math becomes large-scale, done in big teams like the other sciences" We’re entering, rather unwillingly, a new era where exciting new things are possible, but some…