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AI is now entering one of humanity’s hardest arenas: pure mathematics. Erdős Problem 1196 reportedly shows that AI can suggest paths humans missed, even in problems studied for decades. The real story is not AI replacing mathematicians, but humans with AI expanding what can be discovered. https://t.co/VPWmBdtEQe @bbcnews
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