OpenAI quotes Terence Tao on AI freeing researchers, netizens say it aged like milk
chaumian · x · 2026-09-14
OpenAI's official account quoted Terence Tao saying AI gives researchers "the freedom to pursue crazier ideas," creating room to experiment and test unexpected paths.
User karnikram quote-shared it with a sarcastic "this aged like milk," pointing to an earlier statement — "we care less about prizes and more about enabling mathematicians to do that for themselves" — suggesting the rhetoric now clashes with reality and reigniting debate over motives in AI math competitions.
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