Terence Tao: "we have to slow down AI. the pace is insane — no reason to be this fast"
Tolopono · reddit · 2026-09-20
Mathematician Terence Tao publicly called to slow down AI: "the pace is insane, and there's no reason to be this fast — no reason at all." The post contrasts this with an OpenAI figure's reply: "I smell fear."
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