Terence Tao’s ChatGPT session normalizes AI-assisted thinking
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-22
A repost highlights Terence Tao’s ChatGPT session on the Jacobian conjecture counterexample as a public example of an elite mathematician using AI to think through a hard problem.
The post argues that this kind of visibility matters because many people use ChatGPT to understand things but feel embarrassed about it; Tao’s example makes that behavior feel normal rather than stupid.
Related event: Terence Tao Shares ChatGPT Conversation on Math Counterexamples(9 posts)→
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