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The speaker says that if a fundamental definition in the library were changed, AI would be capable of modifying the foundations and repairing the resulting breakages throughout the library.
Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026
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“But AI in its current state doesn't really care about redesigning, and it's very happy to just plow through. So, you know, as, as an example, if we did want to change a fundamental definition in the library now, AI would be great at that.”
“AI would just cha- it would fiddle around at the roots, you know, break everything, and then it would just plow through and fix everything. And so now we have these new tools.”1:03:29Report a misattribution
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