Terence Tao: We Have to Slow Down AI — There's No Reason to Be This Fast
AxomaticallyExtinct · reddit · 2026-09-21
Mathematician Terence Tao says in a video: "We have to slow down AI. The pace is insane, and there's no reason to be this fast — no reason at all." A rare direct statement on AI's pace from one of the world's top mathematicians, now circulating on Reddit.
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