Terence Tao: AI-accelerated science may cost us the next generation of scientists
haider1 · x · 2026-08-30
Fields Medalist Terence Tao warns that AI lets us create scientific output much faster, but possibly at the cost of nurturing the next generation of scientists. If AI replaces grad students, it may produce grad-student-level papers — yet we risk losing the next generation of scientists altogether.
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