Math community pushes back as users mock Terence Tao for downplaying AI
littmath · x · 2026-09-23
A user mockingly told Terence Tao he's in the "denial phase" about AI and will reach "acceptance" like everyone else, after Tao previously played down AI. Reposting it, philosopher Oliver Traldi pushed back: Tao is famously humble and has spent his life sharing his gifts, so the flood of mocking posts is astonishing. A telling snapshot of the ongoing clash between math academia and AI triumphalism.
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