some of the theories and conjectures are available for AI-assisted exploration because they are quite niche and not very important.
The fact this has gone viral, shows otherwise. It is important to apparently enough people that the story went viral.
"AI solved another conjecture" is exciting for a lot of people who have otherwise no interest in math. So the fact that it goes viral may have very little connection to the mathematical importance of the result.
"AI solved another conjecture" is exciting for a lot of people who have otherwise no interest in math. So the fact that it goes viral may have very little connection to the mathematical importance of the result.