Terence Tao: we can afford to be slower — AI's rush to solve math isn't right
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-08
Rohan Paul resurfaces remarks from Terence Tao's recent keynote: "We can afford to be slower than this. And seriously, where we are now is not right. Fine, AI is solving major conjectures left and right, but they're not actually creating any value — or whatever they have is much, much weaker than what it could have been if done in a leisurely, principled manner."
Using Navier–Stokes as an example, Tao argues these problems aren't urgent: "This is not a major world-crisis-type situation" — a notable pushback on the pace and manner of AI-driven mathematical research.
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