Terence Tao: AI Ushers Math into Turbulent Era

Speaking at ICM 2026, Terence Tao stated that AI is pushing mathematics into a period of severe turbulence. He suggested AI will reshuffle research bottlenecks and shift the field from a scarcity of proofs to a surplus.

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