> Tao’s point is that juniors no longer have the path of solving a proof to earn Field’s medals.
This is a "you" problem for the math establishment, not a problem for the AI companies.
Entirely correct. The math establishment needs fundamentally overhaul its incentive structure-irretrievably broken-to function under the assumption that AI involvement in research is completely ubiquitous.
> This is a "you" problem for the math establishment, not a problem for the AI companies
This was a talk given to other mathematicians about the future of mathematics; sounds like only "you" have a problem for some reason.