On Terry Tao 'losing his job' takes: grief for a field, not self-interest
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-23
Ruxandra Teslo responds to recent takes that Terry Tao will be 'unemployed': she argues such commentary reflects mediocrity and resentment from people who never dedicated themselves to something higher. Tao won't lose his job — he's in the Hall of Fame forever; if purely selfish, he'd be grinning he boarded the AI train before math 'crumbled.' More likely, she says, he's sad to see something he cared about potentially crumble, rather than self-interestedly fearing for his job. zetalyrae retweeted this.
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