Terence Tao urges AI to slow down in math; OpenAI forms advisory group 10 days later
silver__tsuki · x · 2026-09-22
Quoting Terence Tao: "The AIs are steamrolling through math everywhere... we have to slow down, it's insane the pace." Ten days later, OpenAI reportedly announced an "Advisory Group" for mathematicians, claiming its model has resolved over 100 long-standing open problems — while stating the group will NOT advise on pacing its internal progress, a move users mocked as tone-deaf.
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