Terence Tao: math is almost the only thing left for AI labs to train and benchmark on
haider1 · x · 2026-10-24
Mathematician Terence Tao says AI labs need tests to measure whether their models are improving, and math problems are almost the only thing left to train on — "our field's biggest prizes and goals have now become their benchmarks." A byproduct: AI is generating terrible proofs — great results, but with no care for elegance, for who understands them, or for what comes next in mathematics.
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