The Jacobian conjecture counterexample, Erdös unit distance problem solution, etc. are all major breakthroughs.
If you like it or not, we know these results because of AI and they are important!
If AI systems can solve what used to be a good PhD level problem, then what constitutes a PhD level problem must be much harder/better now. In the view of the AI-open group, this pushes many PhD theses from the AI-closed group into the “not good enough for the degree” territory.
Thomas Kahle
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2026-08-01 09:39:23 UTC
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