Terence Tao on AI: workflows speed up, but review becomes the bottleneck
paulabartabajo_ · x · 2026-09-21
The author recommends a talk by Terence Tao and agrees with its core point: AI genuinely accelerates individual steps in workflows from math research to coding. But the cost is that other steps — especially reviewing and understanding what AI produces — become the bottleneck. Net effect is positive, yet likely far smaller than what AI labs are selling.
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