What's the future for pure math research in the age of AI?

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October 4, 2026
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Headlines and History The headlines keep coming: such and such an AI system has solved such and such a math problem. And more and more I’m hearing people saying: maybe we don’t need people doing math research anymore; maybe we should just delegate it all to more and more powerful AIs. I must admit that I’m getting a bit impatient with some of what’s being said. Because it seems to me too often to ...
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