Ill-Posed

bluesky — Elf M. Sternberg — 16 Sep 2026

Anthropic's solution to Fermat's Last Theorem is a constructive proof; the AI generated 29,510 "sub proofs," each one of…

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Anthropic's solution to Fermat's Last Theorem is a constructive proof; the AI generated 29,510 "sub proofs," each one of which has to hold, for its conclusion to Fermat's Last Theorem to be true. Having grad students confirm each step is a chore, but it will have to be done to validate it.

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