The Dark Night of Mathematics

# Summary An mathematician expresses a profound spiritual crisis over AI language models' recent ability to disprove long-standing mathematical conjectures, arguing that the core issue isn't about job displacement or the utility of AI-generated proofs. Rather, the author grieves the potential loss of mathematical discovery itself as a uniquely human means of spiritual and mystical experience—a dimension that no amount of reassurance about mathematicians' continued roles in teaching or appreciation can address.