HI Daryll,
Yes, I have read about using LLMs to detect LLMs, although at this point I think we humans can still do that effectively. For example, the text below above my salutation is obviously LLM generated and speaks to your point about the current limits of LLMs. Yes, AI has solved several significant unsolved math problems. Notable breakthroughs include: * The Planar Unit Distance Problem: An internal OpenAI model autonomously solved this 80-year-old problem posed by Paul Erdős. The AI disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry, producing a 125-page "chain of thought" that top mathematicians—including Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers—verified as groundbreaking. [1 <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-just-solved-an-80-year-old-erdos-problem-and-mathematicians-are-amazed/> , 2 <https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openais-internal-ai-model-just-solved-an-80-year-old-math-problem-and-mathematicians-verified-it> , 3 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_kozPGKI4k> , 4 <https://theconversation.com/an-ai-solution-to-an-80-year-old-problem-has-shocked-mathematicians-283686> ] * The Erdős Primitive Set Conjecture: An AI model solved this problem in about 80 minutes, using classical number theory tools to produce a proof celebrated by experts as surprisingly elegant. [1 <https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/04/17/ai-solved-a-mathematical-problem-that-had-stumped-the-worlds-best-minds-for-decades/> ] * Various Erdős Problems: Google DeepMind and various researchers have used AI tools to solve dozens of lesser-known or partial unsolved problems and conjectures left behind by Paul Erdős. [1 <https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1toxkdj/ai_has_just_solved_not_one_but_nine_novel_math/> , 2 <https://www.warpnews.org/artificial-intelligence/ai-helps-mathematicians-solve-problems-that-have-been-unsolved-for-decades/> ] * Matrix Multiplication: AI systems like AlphaEvolve autonomously discovered faster matrix multiplication algorithms, achieving the first major improvement in 50 years. [1 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbqPhoH_7TU> ] Regards, Mike From: Daryll Swer <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2026 8:14 AM To: Mike Burns <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Burns <[email protected]>; Fernando Frediani <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Slow summer.... <https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/9aee7d3544d209193a9804fbfabbf830af323cf7.png?u=2153471> Fair enough, and I will refer to it as LLMs so as to avoid confusion. Agreed, as of 2026, at least. Surely you have heard about LLMs solving unsolved math problems already? That's a misleading statement, to say the least. These LLMs are tools that constantly require human intervention to move forward. This means humans used LLMs to assist in solving some problems (including mathematics). LLMs did not solve these problems "single-handedly" with zero human intervention. I know, sci-fi is cool and I'd like a time machine, but let's stick to reality in this forum/channel. I am more concerned with the obvious path of these LLMs in the future. My point stands. You don’t know if an LLM wrote this reply to you. Agreed. Typically, some website hosting platforms use LLM itself to help spot or flag LLM-generated text content/spam. So perhaps, for these mailing lists - the "spam filters" need an upgrade to support LLM-based detection/flagging with clear UI/UX signalling to subscribers so they know if an email body contains potential LLM-generated content. -- Best Regards Daryll Swer Website: daryllswer.com <https://l.shortlink.es/l/edc6fb5ccdcfdb521745067f235d30b8e90add56?u=2153471> On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 at 17:36, Mike Burns <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Daryll, Fair enough, and I will refer to it as LLMs so as to avoid confusion. Surely you have heard about LLMs solving unsolved math problems already? I am more concerned with the obvious path of these LLMs in the future. My point stands. You don’t know if an LLM wrote this reply to you. Regards, Mike From: Daryll Swer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2026 8:03 AM To: Mike Burns <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Mike Burns <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Fernando Frediani <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Slow summer.... In this peculiar type of forum how would you know whether you have seen it? Which medical/neuroscience institute has verified that "AI" (something adjacent to, equivalent to, or surpassing the human brain) exists in the public domain? I think you're conflating "AI" (which no authority has yet verified exists in the public domain) with LLMs and slop. There's nothing to see regarding something that does not currently exist in the public domain. -- Best Regards Daryll Swer Website: daryllswer.com <https://l.shortlink.es/l/38fb91dd4be6732199adbfa97771a871b07dbfeb?u=2153471> On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 at 17:25, Mike Burns <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Daryll, In this peculiar type of forum how would you know whether you have seen it? Regards, Mike Sent from my Galaxy -------- Original message -------- From: Daryll Swer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: 7/24/26 3:57 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Mike Burns <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Fernando Frediani <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Slow summer.... > the best arguments if they come from AI I've yet to see such an incident. And to my knowledge, "AI" isn't publicly available yet; we only have LLMs. -- Best Regards Daryll Swer Website: daryllswer.com <https://l.shortlink.es/l/8ca45c7b170af55b883b29adc1a353d0ae727d00?u=2153471> On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 at 02:33, Mike Burns via ARIN-PPML <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Fernando, I welcome your thoughts. It may get harder and harder to distinguish between polish and outright verbatim echoing of AI posts by a human interlocutor. The open mailing list is designed to solicit the best arguments, should we ignore the best arguments if they come from AI? It seems likely to be that we will be dealing with this situation at some point. Regards, Mike From: ARIN-PPML <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Fernando Frediani Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2026 1:49 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Slow summer.... Surely no AI should post in a human discussion mail list. It doesn't make much sense If people want to use AI to polish their text no problem, as long messages are reviewed and sent by humans. Mail list should not be treated a destination for automated systems to send message, just for human discussions. Fernando On 7/23/2026 2:09 PM, Mike Burns via ARIN-PPML wrote: Hello List, Based on a current discussion on the AFRINIC policy development list, I wanted to discuss the use of AI to post to policy lists. Because these are open forums handled by email, it is quite trivial for any AI to be echoed to the list by a real person, or even post directly in the guise of a real person. I have used translators to help me post, I expect more and more will use AI to polish, if not create their posts. So simply banning use of AI is not the answer, but it brings up some questions. Is this the camel’s nose of AI into human government? Should we empower an AI to post directly, or be callable like ask grok? Should we treat the AI posts just like any other post? I am not discussing abuse of the list through repeated AI posts restating the same argument and I assume lists have existing tools to exclude certain posters who do abuse. Any thoughts on using AI on stakerholder governance lists? Regards, Mike _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml <https://l.shortlink.es/l/9590903c190250a43b5717a7174cc551403a5948?u=2153471> Please contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you experience any issues. _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ). 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