Mathematician: AI poses urgent problems for math, but he'd rather hear Tao talk math
lpachter · x · 2026-10-11
Mathematician lpachter acknowledges there are serious and urgent problems with AI regarding mathematics, but says he'd rather hear Terence Tao talk about math itself than dwell on those concerns.
In a quoted tweet, he recounts a coffee meeting with Tao, who could take any question "to the stratosphere" within seconds — like talking to a "math oracle." He notes he now experiences that same feeling with AI.
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