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UCLA professor Terence Tao warns about AI's effect on math

Terence Tao has shifted from enthusiasm about AI in math to concern about its effect on how mathematicians deliberate.

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   Terence Tao was once enthusiastic about AI's role in math.

   per Techmeme (L2)
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   Terence Tao now warns that AI could destroy mathematics' deliberative process.

   per Techmeme (L2)

Sources

• A profile of UCLA professor Terence Tao, who was once enthusiastic about AI's role in math but now warns of AI destroying the field's deliberative process (Rivka Galchen/New Yorker) — Techmeme L2 · reported