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by practal 3 days ago
I actually think it is just the dawn of mathematics. During the last few days I discussed a few questions about abstraction logic [1] with AI that I was wondering about for quite some time (years), but didn't have the time + energy + in-depth expertise, there were like, 4 related questions; it positively solved 3 for me in the way I expected, but couldn't power through before; and for the fourth it proved to me that answering this question would imply solving a known open problem. And I know that it answered all of those questions correctly because I asked it to provide me with Isabelle/HOL proofs for it.

If you are interested in mathematics because it can model things precisely, and you want precise answers about these models, and you want to know how it is all connected (Langlands anyone?), AI is fantastic news. There is plenty of new and interesting and beautiful and elegant mathematics to be had this way, as well.

This is not a time to be scared or frightened. This is a time to be excited as fuck.

There will always be open questions. Now, there will be actually many more of them, because many more people will be asking questions.

[1] http://abstractionlogic.com