Terence Tao proposes keeping some math problems off-limits to AI solvers
Outside-Iron-8242 · reddit · 2026-09-03
Terence Tao argues on Mathstodon that pre-AI open math problems are a limited supply of "uncontaminated" benchmarks: once a solution is published, it becomes hard to tell whether a future AI solved it independently or saw the answer in training data. He also values open problems for training mathematicians and developing new techniques, suggesting the community might designate some problems off-limits to automated solvers via social norms while steering AI toward other problems.
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