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Mathematicians Test AI With Contamination-Free Problems

Has AI achieved genuine mathematical breakthroughs or are these claims premature without rigorous verification?
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Mathematicians Test AI With Contamination-Free Problems
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Techno-optimist narrative

AI has crossed a genuine threshold by producing new mathematical knowledge, even if modest. This milestone deserves serious recognition as frontier research evaluation, with models solving multiple expert-level problems and demonstrating real capability advancement.

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Techno-skeptic narrative

Celebrating AI math breakthroughs remains premature without rigorous verification and transparency. Assisted solutions with human supervision don't prove autonomous reasoning, and vague methodologies demand skepticism until peer review confirms these claims actually highlight independent problem-solving.

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