Terence Tao: AI race 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-standing math conjectures, arguing the approach excludes "elegant solutions" and reduces mathematics to raw training material — turning beautiful math into "toxic waste." His comments highlight concern that machine-solved problems lose both aesthetic and human exploratory value once consumed as training data.
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