Terence Tao responds to OpenAI proof flood, accused of protecting math jobs
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-09
Terence Tao has responded to the recent OpenAI flood of machine-generated proofs. Mathematician Samuel Allen Alexander commented that Tao's strategy for protecting mathematical institutions and jobs fundamentally assumes models will never surpass humans at mathematical exposition—an assumption many doubt.
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