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Nice accessible talk from the Simons Institute presenting one researcher's view on where math is and where it's going.

Summary: there is too much to keep up with and modern proofs are almost too big for individuals to grok. AI with automatic theorem provers is a promising immediate term path forward.

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[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 0 points 4 months ago

Wow... -10

I wonder how many of you actually watched the lecture