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Ask HN: Who gets credits on big math questions solved by LLMs?

A Hacker News user asks who would receive credit for major mathematical discoveries, such as solving the Riemann hypothesis, if achieved through prompting a large language model, raising questions about attribution for LLM-assisted breakthroughs.

read1 min views54 publishedJul 16, 2026

E.g. what if someone prompts an LLM to solve the Riemann hypothesis using this or that approach; and the model actually solves it. Who gets the prize?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48940723

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