Like the mathematicians working on famous problems in private until they could claim full credit for something interesting wasn't also a marketing exercise for their own careers. The commercial value (or lack thereof) of a proof doesn't depend on whether it was done by a human or a machine.
OpenAI just burned millions of dollars over a weekend after hearing that someone else was close to solving the problems. Their interest was in their AI system more than the actual math problems.
Don’t you see how that’s different?
If clout was the goal I don’t think becoming a lifelong mathematics academic would be the first step
I guess that type of “clout” feels different to me.
Wanting to be validated by peers for your talents in a niche field vs. using millions to try to solve a math problem that you don’t really care about with AI to market the gigantic company you work for.
I can see how what is happening to mathematicians is similar to what is happening to coding.
I’m not sure what your broader point is? Mathematicians shouldn’t be upset? Coders should? Something else?
From your first comment it seemed like you were disagreeing with me but I’m not sure how.
That’s why I asked for clarification.
Edit: BTW I’m a web developer and designer, Not a mathematician
This is an extremely rare situation that practically never happens. Most mathematical research is done in the open, with partial results being published, conferences where approaches are discussed, collaborations... The Navier-Stokes solution is a great example: the approach that OpenAI ended up using was something that two mathematicians had proposed previously and was being studied and followed by several others, with different sub-paths within the same approach.