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Terence Tao warns AI is eroding slow mathematical thinking
Original: "Where did Tao think new problems would come from? New problems, Tao said, emerge from 'the slow, deliberative process'
Mathematician Terence Tao, interviewed by Rivka Galchen for The New Yorker, argued that genuinely new problems in mathematics emerge from the slow, deliberative process of working toward a solution — and that this process is what AI tools risk destroying. Readers are sharing his remarks as debate continues over how automation reshapes research and problem-solving in mathematics.
Why now: The New Yorker profile of Terence Tao discussing AI's impact on mathematical discovery is being widely shared amid ongoing debate about AI in research.
Terence TaoRivka GalchenThe New Yorker
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- "Where did Tao think new problems would come from? New problems, Tao said, emerge from 'the slow, deliberative process' of working toward a solution, and this is what’s being destroyed.'" Rivka Galchen for The New Yorker https://www. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/11… · longreads@mastodon.world · 10
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