Knowing whether something or true or isn't true is useful for other lines of inquiry, often practical. For example, a lot could be gained by determining whether P = NP.
Also an initial, cumbersome, complex proof is the first step to a more understandable, formalized proof. AI created a formal proof of Fermat's last theorem. I'm sure the initial proof was not comprehensible to all but a small subset of mathematicians anyway.
Who would that be for? If AI comes up with problems that humans don’t understand and solves them, what does anyone gain?
Knowing whether something or true or isn't true is useful for other lines of inquiry, often practical. For example, a lot could be gained by determining whether P = NP.
Also an initial, cumbersome, complex proof is the first step to a more understandable, formalized proof. AI created a formal proof of Fermat's last theorem. I'm sure the initial proof was not comprehensible to all but a small subset of mathematicians anyway.