Terence Tao joins 25 Fields medalists declaring AI math benchmarks 'severely misaligned' with mathematics
scaling01 · x · 2026-09-12
- Terence Tao is among 25 initial signatories—all Fields medalists—of an emergency declaration on AI in mathematics, covered by The Economist.
- They argue LLMs now solve major open problems, but AI companies treating math as a benchmark race harms the science and the mathematical community.
- The goals of AI labs and mathematicians are "severely misaligned," part of broader alignment issues affecting science, creative professions, and society.
- The declaration, inspired by the Leiden declaration, invites further signatures.
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