The Riemann hypothesis is a million-dollar math problem hardly anyone is trying to solve
Joseph Howlett
In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than excited about a new tool they might use. During one coffee break, I found myself in a group of participants who all agreed that it made no difference whether a human or a computer solved their favorite open problem. They just wanted to read the proof.
“So you really don’t care whether the Riemann..