Terence Tao discusses AI's push on mathematics in New Scientist video
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New Scientist interviews Terence Tao, author of Six Maths Essentials, on whether mathematics has a future as AI pushes the field to what the video calls a crisis point. The conversation centers on AI's race to solve a famous math problem.
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