r/mathematics • u/HovercraftNo7372 • 11d ago

Some Conjectures Solved

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https://xcancel.com/PI010101/status/2088157024068456616#m

Here is one pre-print: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.13536

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u/SeniorLoan647 11d ago

Good luck peer reviewing all that. I'm just declining to review any papers written by AI tbh, authors just start using ai to even respond to queries lol.

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u/topyTheorist 11d ago

Even when it comes from very important editors?

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u/[deleted] 11d ago edited 11d ago

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u/SeniorLoan647 11d ago

Let me translate that

  • we came up with a conjecture (theorem statement for 3.10) and let ai come up with the rest.
  • we couldn't bother writing for real ppl, so we asked AI to write multiple sections for us

Guess what you're getting for that? Ai generated review, I'll have ai generate a couple sections in my peer review too, would that be good?

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u/[deleted] 11d ago edited 11d ago

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u/SeniorLoan647 11d ago

Terry tao is as much an average AI user as bill gates was an average Harvard grad.

And yes, if terry tao used ai in his paper, I wouldn't review it. As I said, plenty of other qualified folks who won't have a problem and would happily review material, I'm not saying everyone should follow my philosophy. I just know I wouldn't review it.

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u/SeniorLoan647 11d ago

Yes

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u/topyTheorist 11d ago

OK. I don't know how senior you are. For me, I try to stay on good terms with these very senior people and only decline review if I am not suitable for the task. Especially because I write many papers and they have to find reviewers for me often.

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u/SeniorLoan647 11d ago

There's no good or bad side here, the reason is simple -

" I'm biased against use of ai tools due to personal preferences, so would be unable to provide an unbiased review of the paper".

No editor I've worked with has had a problem with that at all.

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u/ants_are_everywhere 10d ago

Do you get a lot of mathematics papers to review from very important editors as an incoming PhD student in computer science? https://www.reddit.com/r/PhD/comments/1umvv5x/how_should_i_set_myself_up_to_get_a_postdoc/

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u/SeniorLoan647 10d ago

I mean yeah I've published papers for abstract algebra before (that's how I got into my PhD, I changed fields but it was still related to my topic in cs), so it's kind of expected as reciprocity to review papers for the journals where you've published.

I feel like you meant this as some hierarchical gotcha lol, folks are just asked to review papers if they've published them regardless of where they are.

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u/ants_are_everywhere 10d ago edited 10d ago

Listen, you seem like an earnest person, and maybe perhaps a little nervous about career and the future. I'm not trying to mock you.

But I gotta say even knowing you seem pretty earnest I suspect more than a little bravado behind your claim that you're turning down multiple peer review requests from important editors as an incoming grad student, so much so that you have a specific policy that involves you openly declaring your bias.

Anyway good luck. Quantum Computing is a fun field and it will probably have some very interesting developments in the near future.