Terence Tao's 'Math 2.0' lecture sparks debate: human intelligence is spiky too
kuza55 · x · 2026-10-11
A slide from Terence Tao's 'Math 2.0' public lecture at Caltech is drawing discussion in AI circles. Andrew Curran commented that if a cure actually worked, almost any Stage 4 cancer patient would say human comprehension of its mechanism is irrelevant.
Alex Nowrasteh shared it with the takeaway: 'Human intelligence is also spiky' — echoing debates over AI's uneven capabilities.
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