alt Hacker News>The first assumption is wrong because to really solve a mathematical problem, providing a mere answer (even if formally certified) is not sufficient. What is missing is an intelligible proof that human mathematicians can understand and use to advance the aims of mathematics.
This makes a bad assumption that humans need to be the one to advance the aims of mathematics. LLMs could be what advances the aims of mathematics and we just have to worry on making it so LLMs can digest these proofs.
>Nevertheless, if it turns out that what OpenAI has provided is a mere answer
It has a proof attached. Saying that it "doesn't provide understanding" does not invalidate that there is a formal proof. It fundamentally is trying to expand the requirements of proof to be something more than is required.
For the moment, AI is not capable of advancing mathematics _in the sense_ you're describing. AI is very bad at designing stuff, asking questions, etc. Maybe in the future you'll be able to ask the AI "cure cancer" and it'll do it, but for now we're very far away from that (this doesn't mean the current achievements aren't impressive).