[andyjohnson0]

> We'll know that the time draws nearer when an AI confirms or refutes Mochizuki's proof of the abc conjecture. As of right now, I don't think they're capable of doing that. And, as they can't even check a very (very!) complex proof, they won't be able to conjure any inhumanly complex proofs de novo.

I agree, but... Spend time formalising a large part of existing mathematics and proofs, train a bunch of sufficiently powerful and generative models with that, and with cooperative problem solving and proof strategies, and give them access to proof assistants and adequate compute resources, and something interesting could happen.

I suspect the barrier is finding a business model that would pay for this. Turning mathematics into an industrial, extruded-on-demand product might work, but I dont know who (except maybe the NSA) would stump-up the money.