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# Erdosproblems\.com Succumbs to the AI Onslaught

83 points · 37 comments

[Full discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977689>)

[Read original](<https://www.erdosproblems.com/forum/thread/blog:9>)

Category: [Industry & Society](<https://hacksnap.live/?category=industry-society>)

## Skept-o-meter & Hotness

Skept\-o\-meter: High\. Estimated from 5 comments\.

2 comments for the summary\.

Peak rank: \#8

Time in Top 10: 16\.0 hours

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Article unavailable; in a two\-comment sample, AI in math is framed as morally corrosive by one reply and as a positive expansion of engagement by another\.

## The brief

The original article couldn’t be retrieved. This brief covers the discussion only.

## Discussion themes

Analyzed: 2026\-10\-07T08:00:55\.794771\+00:00

Analysis sample: Based on 5 of 5 usable stored comments. Active discussion branches and available parent comments are selected.

This sample may omit parts of the full thread. Selected themes do not measure community opinion or how common a view is.

### Distribution of AI benefits and harms

One comment argues AI benefits accrue disproportionately to people lacking scruples while costs fall on selfless people, calling AI corrosive to human nature\. A reply questions this by noting programmers are a large beneficiary group and asking whether they are mostly unscrupulous\.

Sources: [Comment 49983890](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49983890>) · [Comment 49984397](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984397>)

### AI\-generated proofs and credit claims

A comment welcomes a shift away from ego but criticizes people who post AI\-generated proofs to claim credit, calling them a scourge on discoveries\.

Sources: [Comment 49982001](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49982001>)

### AI\-native mathematicians and engagement

A comment disputes a low view of AI\-native mathematicians, arguing that excitement from solving problems and more people engaging with math are positive, and that dystopian framing biases opinions\.

Sources: [Comment 49983973](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49983973>)

### Scope of the Erdős problem list

A comment qualifies the idea that no problem should be considered closed by noting the list catalogued problems Erdős posed but did not solve; including resolved problems would be larger and qualitatively different\.

Sources: [Comment 49983981](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49983981>)

## Sources & coverage

AI-generated summary · 2026\-10\-06T23:03:13\.887484\+00:00

Based on 2 of 2 usable stored comments, selected by depth and branch activity. This is a sample of the discussion. Article text may also be shortened.

Generated using deepseek\-ai/DeepSeek\-V4\.1\-Flash. Check the linked sources for full context.
