Notes on a Path to AI Assistance in Mathematical Reasoning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02896v1
• Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:35:01 GMT
• Title: Notes on a Path to AI Assistance in Mathematical Reasoning
• Authors: Alex Kontorovich
• Abstract summary: These informal notes are based on the author's lecture at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics workshop on "AI to Assist Mathematical Reasoning" The goal is to think through a path by which we might arrive at AI that is useful for the research mathematician.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: These informal notes are based on the author's lecture at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics workshop on "AI to Assist Mathematical Reasoning" in June 2023. The goal is to think through a path by which we might arrive at AI that is useful for the research mathematician.

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