Terence Tao uses ChatGPT to unpack a “miraculous” new theorem
Singularitarian · x · 2026-07-22
Terence Tao asked ChatGPT to help explain how Fable produced a “miraculous” polynomial function, creating a striking example of a top mathematician using a frontier model as an explanation partner.
The post frames the exchange as a document future AI historians may want to archive: not just a model demo, but a famous researcher probing a theorem with ChatGPT in a real mathematical context.
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