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euroderfyesterday at 1:57 PM1 replyview on HN

You might get the Riemann hypothesis robo-proven and unintelligibly dense. Would mathematic professionals trust it, or would they always be putting asterisks next to proofs downstream of it ?


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znkryesterday at 8:43 PM

We put asterisks next to proofs that use the axiom of choice. If a machine comes up with proof that’s not verifiable by humans, you can very well be sure that there will be asterisks.