12 July 2025
Topic: Research And Papers
AI outsmarted 30 of the world's top mathematicians at secret meeting in California
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs. On a weekend in mid-May, a clandestine …...
TL;DR
A state-of-the-art chatbot outperformed 30 top mathematicians in solving complex math problems, sparking concerns about how far artificial intelligence has progressed in a short period.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- The chatbot, powered by OpenAI's o4-mini model, demonstrated capabilities approaching mathematical genius and was able to solve around 20% of novel questions, including those at the research level.
- The AI performed similarly to a 'very, very good graduate student' and was much faster than a professional mathematician, taking mere minutes to complete tasks that would take weeks or months for a human expert.
- The results raise concerns about the future role of mathematicians, with the possibility that they may shift towards posing questions and interacting with reasoning-bots to help discover new mathematical truths.
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