AI in Mathematics, 2026: From Assistant to Top Researcher

Seven weeks ago, mathematicians said AI could execute but not decide direction. Then a Fields medalist won his medal and left academia for OpenAI the same day. This is an expanded and updated version of “AI in math is going exponential: A working mathematician’s view”, an online talk I gave to the Madrid effective altruism and AI safety community on 15 June 2026. A Czech version, “Stroj na věty: Co umělá inteligence dělá s matematikou a proč by nás to mělo zajímat”, followed on 29 June, delivere...