Despite AI's dizzying improvements in mathematical ability, its successes show just how integral human mathematicians are to the scientific process
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Despite AI's dizzying improvements in mathematical ability, its successes show just how integral human mathematicians are to the scientific process
By New Scientist
3 June 2026
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