AI keeps cracking unsolved math problems, and mathematicians have mixed feelings

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AI破解数学难题，这回真的让数学家们坐不住了！OpenAI直接把一个困扰学界多年的“单位距离猜想”推翻了，还顺带解决了两个菲尔兹奖得主花大量时间研究的难题。通俗点说，就像你攒了半天的拼图突然被AI一眼看穿，并且告诉你怎么拼最合理——速度快得让人既兴奋又忐忑。这位数学家既赞叹AI的能力，又担忧如果大家都靠AI“代做”数学题，以后可能没人愿意静下心来钻研基础理论了。对普通人来说，这意味着AI不只是陪你聊天画画，它已经能在科学前沿冲锋陷阵。以后你在学习或工作中遇到难题，AI当“外挂”辅助思考会越来越常见。不过，这场风波也在提醒我们：工具越强大，越要懂得如何使用，而不是依赖它替我们思考。数学文化的消逝与否，或许就取决于人类如何在AI时代守住自己的好奇心。

OpenAI's refutation of the Unit Distance Conjecture has sparked a wave of AI-assisted advances in mathematics. Fields Medal winner Timothy Gowers says GPT 5.6 Pro solved two problems he had spent considerable time working on, each on its first attempt. He warns of the "possible destruction of mathematical culture" if mathematicians stop building the expertise needed to understand such results. Others simply see AI as a productivity tool. The article AI keeps cracking unsolved math problems, and mathematicians have mixed feelings appeared first on The Decoder.