Strogatz on Mathematics at an Inflection Point: How AI Is Reshaping Proof and Discovery

Cornell mathematician Steven Strogatz has become an unlikely emotional focal point for a profession grappling with artificial intelligence's capacity to solve historically intractable problems. In a recent interview with WIRED, the 67-year-old science communicator, who has spent decades making mathematics accessible to the public, discussed the profound anxiety and exhilaration of watching AI systems crack problems that have haunted mathematicians for generations.