A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a-severe-misalignment-of-ai-in-mathematics/
TLDR: Tao and 24 other Fields Medalists warn that AI companies are optimizing for “solving” famous math problems, while mathematics is really about developing understanding, ideas, and new methods. Rapidly mass-producing solutions risks destroying the human process that turns problems into lasting knowledge, while creating serious attribution and plagiarism issues. They’re not against AI in math; they argue it should accelerate understanding rather than turn research into a benchmark race.
https://stacker.news/items/1570423
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