> demolished software and mathematics because those have well-developed verification that's easier than doing the thing itself
They are proving useful for the parts of those things that have that verification, but in neither case is that the whole of the field. In maths, for example, we have seen LLMs find answers to some interesting problems/conjectures, but haven't yet seen them pose any similarly interesting problems/conjectures themselves because the criteria for a "good conjecture" are unclear whereas the criteria for a resolution of an existing conjecture are usually supplied by the conjecture itself.
They are proving useful for the parts of those things that have that verification, but in neither case is that the whole of the field. In maths, for example, we have seen LLMs find answers to some interesting problems/conjectures, but haven't yet seen them pose any similarly interesting problems/conjectures themselves because the criteria for a "good conjecture" are unclear whereas the criteria for a resolution of an existing conjecture are usually supplied by the conjecture itself.