Continuity and rupture: AI in mathematical practice
- đ¤ Speaker: Deborah Kent (University of St Andrews)
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 31 March 2026, 13:45 - 14:10
- đ Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute
Abstract
Does the radical involvement of AI in mathematical practice continue existing structures and ideologies or abruptly break with the past? That is, does AI simply accelerate ongoing processes of computation, mechanization, and human-machine collaboration that date to the mid-twentieth century (and earlier), or does it fundamentally alter the nature of mathematical practice? This presentation will reflect on historical episodes of conceptual and computational disruption in mathematics and use the historiographical framework of continuity and rupture to explore these questions.
Series This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.
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Deborah Kent (University of St Andrews)
Tuesday 31 March 2026, 13:45-14:10