Terence Tao warns AI rumor-fueled crowds may end centuries of open science
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-09
Gary Marcus reshares Terence Tao's warning: today the mere rumor that someone is working on a problem can trigger a massive wave of AI-powered effort that flattens it before the original research matures. Tao argues the incentives now point toward no longer sharing promising research directions with the community — reversing centuries of open-science tradition and doing serious long-term damage to the field.
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