Terry Tao's Math 2.0 slides spark jabs at mathematicians' applied-math snobbery
manoelribeiro · x · 2026-10-11
Researcher manoelribeiro pokes fun at a slide from Terry Tao's "Math 2.0" lecture: AI has humbled mathematicians, yet apparently not enough for them to concede that applied math problems contribute anything to "human understanding" — referencing the slides' low priority for applied problems.
The post is an in-circle reaction highlighting the long-running pure-vs-applied math tension rather than new information itself.
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