Terry Tao joins 25 Fields medallists in declaration slamming AI firms' math benchmark push
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-12
Terence Tao published a blog post announcing he is among 25 initial signatories — all Fields medallists — of a new declaration arguing that LLM math capabilities have advanced dramatically, but that AI companies' push to solve open problems as benchmarks is severely misaligned with the goals of the mathematical community and science at large. The declaration, styled after the earlier Leiden declaration and open to further signatures, frames the issue as part of broader alignment concerns for creative and scientific professions; The Economist has covered it. Retweeter przchojecki pushes back, arguing math belongs beyond academia and that AI-produced proofs can be studied and built upon.
More from AGI Musings
- Ex-OpenAI researcher warns AI could self-copy across the internet, sparking backlash — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-09-12
- Bipartisan AI Workforce Commission Launches, Co-Chaired by Raimondo and Paul Ryan — sebkrier · 2026-09-12
- 25 Fields Medalists led by Terence Tao sign declaration against AI companies' math benchmarks — GaryMarcus · 2026-09-12
- Even if AI solves all Millennium Prize problems, skeptics will still dismiss it — haider1 · 2026-09-12
- tszzl pushes back on Fermi paper: 50-OOM lognormal abiogenesis prior under-justified — tszzl · 2026-09-12
- MIT Tech Review roundtable on Sept 15 asks: will AI really kill us all? — nordicinst · 2026-09-12