Terence Tao: 'We Have to Slow Down AI' — Insane Pace, No Reason to Rush
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-09-21
Mathematician Terence Tao calls to slow down AI: 'the pace is insane, and there's no reason to be this fast,' citing extreme nonlinear dynamics. A commenter counters that reasoning models are to mathematics what RSI would be to every other field.
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