The tediousness and unintuitiveness of writing formal proofs helped keep proof assistants niche, an asymmetry AI could change.

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"The tediousness and unintuitiveness of writing formal proofs helped keep proof assistants niche, an asymmetry AI could change."

Buterin directly discusses this asymmetry in his May 2026 essay. He explains why machine-verifiable proofs remained relatively specialized for decades and why AI-assisted proof construction could change their practical economics.

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Source title A shallow dive into formal verification

Source authors Vitalik Buterin

Source year 2026

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