Terence Tao: AI scooping may end open science and close off research sharing
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-09
Mathematician Terence Tao warns that even rumors of someone working on a problem now trigger massive AI-powered efforts to solve it before the original project matures. He fears incentives are pushing researchers to stop sharing promising directions—reversing centuries of open science.
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