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Terence Tao expresses existential crisis over AI's mathematical capabilities

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Fields Medal laureate Terence Tao describes being "completely overwhelmed with an existential crisis" in his field following OpenAI's breakthrough. He notes the loss of lessons learned, insights gained, and new collaborations that would have emerged from human-driven research.

Terence Tao expresses existential crisis over AI's mathematical capabilities
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“I am currently completely overwhelmed with an existential crisis in my field.”

Terence Tao

OpenAI AI developerTerence Tao Fields Medal laureate, UCLA mathematicianTristan Buckmaster and Levent Alpoge MathematiciansMohammed Abouzaid Stanford University mathematics professorAnima AnandkumarAnima Anandkumar Caltech professor at intersection of mathematics and AI

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