‘It is incredible’: How AI is transforming mathematics

Liam Price has no formal training in mathematics and has yet to attend university, but last month, he managed to break new ground in mathematical research — with the help of ChatGPT. AI is threatening science jobs. Which ones are most at risk? From his home in southwest England, Price got the popular artificial-intelligence tool to solve what is known as Erdős problem #1196 , one of more than 1,000 puzzles that Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős (1913–1996) collected throughout his life. …