# Formal Proof Can Make Exhaustive Mathematics Machine-Checkable by Emad Mostaque > "[With a formal proof] you can click a button and it just checks it formally and says right or wrong. So it’s highly unlikely to be wrong. Humans can’t do that because it’s so freaking exhaustive." > **— Emad Mostaque**, *Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [4:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsdcF7EEvhM&t=250s) — Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source object:** “[With a formal proof] you can click a button and it just checks it formally and says right or wrong. So it’s highly unlikely to be wrong. Humans can’t do that because it’s so freaking exhaustive.” - **Editorial status:** The poster preserves the source-faithful object, including visible bracketed repairs and omissions where present. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit|AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit]] preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument. - **Weekly promotion dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] records why this object was selected for permanent promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/Accelerated Science|Accelerated Science]] - [[wiki/AI Progress|AI Progress]] - [[wiki/Compute Race|Compute Race]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "[With a formal proof] you can click a button and it just checks it formally and says right or wrong. So it’s highly unlikely to be wrong. Humans can’t do that because it’s so freaking exhaustive." — Emad Mostaque, Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-mostaque-formal-proof-can-make-exhaustive-mathematics-machine ```