Erdős' Legacy Hijacked: The Dark Side of AI's Math Revolution The recent announcement from OpenAI that its internal AI model had solved several problems posed by Paul Erdős has sent shockwaves through the mathematical community.
While some have hailed this as a breakthrough, others see it as a symptom of a larger issue – the hijacking of Erdős' legacy for the purposes of technological advancement. Erdős was a mathematician like no other.
His itinerant lifestyle, peculiar habits, and unorthodox funding methods have become the stuff of legend.