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The stunning progress AI is making in maths is leaving some questioning whether there will still be room for humans, discovers Alex Wilkins I AM attempting to solve a mathematical conundrum that has stumped many of humanity’s greatest thinkers. I have zero mathematical training, apart from a distant undergraduate physics degree, which should put my odds of success at slim to none. But I also have a trick up my sleeve – a kind of mathematical genie that can conjure arcane secrets seemingly out of thin air. I make a short request concerning an esoteric conjecture in number theory, then cross my fingers. …
摘自《新科学家》(New Scientist)第270卷 第3598期 · 2026年6月6日。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。