AnalysisScienceSeptember 9, 2026

Terence Tao warns AI is draining math's supply of good open problems

The Fields medalist says AI can flatten a hard problem the moment someone starts working on it, depleting fruitful open questions faster than mathematicians can find new ones. He wants problems labeled "analysis-required" so bare AI answers without explained reasoning count for little.

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Terence Tao warns AI is draining math's supply of good open problems