#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory

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OUTLINE:
(00:00) – Introduction
(01:58) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
(09:53) – Crisis moment in mathematics
(18:10) – Will AI “solve” mathematics?
(34:21) – Can AI create new math?
(1:13:53) – Riemann hypothesis
(1:37:45) – Navier-Stokes
(2:03:42) – How nature computes
(2:12:35) – Unique Games Conjecture and complexity theory
(2:27:28) – How mathematicians think
(2:41:05) – Is math invented or discovered?
(2:47:13) – Can AI solve P vs NP?
(2:57:28) – Why LLMs work so well
(3:11:54) – Problems AI can’t solve yet
(3:16:23) – Grigori Perelman
(3:25:41) – Advice for young people