Terence Tao and 24 Fields Medalists sign letter blasting AI labs over math
alexbilz · x · 2026-09-12
Terence Tao and 24 other Fields Medalists signed a letter accusing AI companies of destroying mathematics: labs treat problems as brute-forced benchmarks, rush solutions without proper writeups or citations, and raise severe attribution and plagiarism concerns. The letter is widely read as aimed at OpenAI, which allegedly offered a professor name credit on a proof if he dropped his coauthor. Commenters note Tao's recent shift from math e/acc.
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