Did Terence Tao hint at Riemann progress? Polymath-style AI math collaboration speculation swirls
TacoCohen · x · 2026-09-22
Taco Cohen invokes the classic Polymath collaborative math projects while reacting to claims that Terence Tao's recent embrace of AI for mathematics "makes sense now." The quoted post cites Tao saying of the Riemann hypothesis and Navier–Stokes: "we don't need them solved next week, we can afford to go slower," and speculates that "there's definitely some progress happening on the Riemann hypothesis."
The interpretation is unconfirmed speculation, but notable coming from an AI research scientist given Tao's prominence in AI-for-math.
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