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Latest presentation of Terence Tao on what current advancements in AI mean for math discusses (among other things) those issues: https://teorth.github.io/tao-web/slides/age-of-ai-icm-2026.p...


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glitchctoday at 3:14 PM

Thanks for sharing. Regrettably his conclusion on proof exposition increasing in importance reflects the broad trend in every field: When someone (or something) else is doing the actual work, all that's left for the original folks is to find a way to sell it. Pretty soon mathematics will be awash in marketing with slogans such as "I am a famous mathematician, I checked this proof and it looks legit. Trust me." Absolutely nothing wrong with that scenario right? Except for the logically fallacious appeal to authority and the inevitable corruption over time.

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