Terence Tao: AI turns beautiful mathematics into 'toxic waste'
TheObserverUK · reddit · 2026-10-24
Top mathematician Terence Tao criticizes Silicon Valley's rush to use AI to solve long-investigated conundrums, saying it excludes 'elegant solutions' and reduces mathematics to raw training material — turning beautiful math into 'toxic waste'.
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