a16z Shares Daniel Litt Quote on AI and Math

a16z posted several clips in which Daniel Litt states that the goal of mathematics is understanding rather than papers, and that models remain bottlenecked on verifying long proofs. Litt notes models can grind computations and retrieve ideas from many papers yet struggle to produce complex correct proofs without external checking. Partner Lisha Li adds that human reluctance to perform tedious proofs motivates more compressive mathematics, and the same preference may affect AI outputs. The posts reference an interview on the topic.