Commenters Debate: Terence Tao's Vague Concern That AI Hurts Mathematical Progress
iandanforth · x · 2026-09-12
@paulcal argues Terence Tao may have a legitimate concern that the current AI trajectory is bad for mathematical progress itself, but has been 'utterly unable to articulate it' — it just sounds scared and protective.
iandanforth counters that getting 25 world-renowned individuals to put their names to a statement is hard, and Tao could likely have been much more direct under his own name alone.
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