Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster believes OpenAI used his work to rush ahead and beat him to solving a legendary math problem with a $1 million bounty.
But that’s not been enough for him to stop using the company’s models—and he’s not the only mathematician that feels that way.
“Even if you don't agree with any of this, you're kind of stuck. With AI being so useful, it's hard to completely prevent oneself from using it,” Buckmaster tells WIRED. “These companies have a monopoly, and there is not much choice,” he adds.
In the week and half since the New York University professor accused OpenAI of copying his approach, Buckmaster has been using the company’s coding agent Codex to tidy up his research papers. When he has time to do math(which he says is rare, since the fallout thrust him into the spotlight), the tool has been helping him understand the...
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