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Abstract
The automaticity $A(x)$ of a set $\mathcal{X}$ is the size of the smallest
automaton that recognizes $\mathcal{X}$ on all words of length $\leq x$. We
show that the automaticity of the set of primes is at least
$x\exp\left(-c(\log\log x)^2\log\log\log x\right)$, which is fairly close to
the maximal automaticity.