Where was Terence Tao when Artists fell?
Where was Terence Tao when Writers fell?
Where was Terence Tao when Programmers fell?
Terence Tao was very pro-AI until recently.
Most even very smart ppl will not pay attention until AI punches them right in their own face.
Where was Terence Tao when Writers fell?
Where was Terence Tao when Programmers fell?
Terence Tao was very pro-AI until recently.
Most even very smart ppl will not pay attention until AI punches them right in their own face.
Mathematician Terence Tao:
"we have to slow down AI. the pace is insane, and there's no reason to be this fast — no reason at all"
It's amazing how willing we are to change everything without any idea what happens afterward
These are extremely nonlinear dynamics
Sep 20, 2026 · 9:28 AM UTC
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@the_yancoeak for him but I'm guessing he might say that he's more worried about existential risks than the profession of mathematics, and to him mathematics feels like pure thinking/reasoning, in a way that art and writing doesn't, so becoming superhuman at maths is to him a sign that AI has become, or is about to become, superhuman at general thinking, with all the consequences that has.
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@alexselby1770 I know it's not obvious from the tweet, but I wasn't trying to specifically pick on him.
And I do feel sorry for mathematicians who have to go through this.
It's just that most ppl do not pay attention until "it's too late"
And I do feel sorry for mathematicians who have to go through this.
It's just that most ppl do not pay attention until "it's too late"
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@the_yanco None of those things have fallen (AI writing is truly awful still), and I think it's ok for Tao to speak on what he knows rather than pontificate broadly?
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@yasmeena_khan The frontier is pretty scary good. Look at the Hugging Face incident.
Yeah, I'm glad he speaks about it.
I wasn't trying to pick on him specifically.
Yeah, I'm glad he speaks about it.
I wasn't trying to pick on him specifically.
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@the_yanco Fuck this gatekeeper bullshit. If AI does something better and more efficient it should and will do it.
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@BobbyPolzer You'll probably also only realize the problem once AI punches you personally into your face.
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@Ronenl Well, he had a blast as a mathematician until just few months ago.
You seem to be the guy who will get his face punch next by AI.
You seem to be the guy who will get his face punch next by AI.
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@the_yanco If my understanding is correct, you’re anti-AI because you think it could cause human extinction
Artist, writer, and programmer are anti-AI because they could no longer be paid for what they do
Artist, writer, and programmer are anti-AI because they could no longer be paid for what they do
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@LLMnonymous Well the most pressing issue is human extinction given that AI companies claim to have started RSI
But beyond that loss of jobs (not just artists!) is probably the second most important issue, it just won't fully materialize if the current trajectory of AI Dev holds.
But beyond that loss of jobs (not just artists!) is probably the second most important issue, it just won't fully materialize if the current trajectory of AI Dev holds.
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@the_yanco I think his issue is something else entirely, it’s that AI won’t do math as people do it, it’s gonna spoil the endeavor of doing math. It’s that, even if solves theorems it really hasn’t done math. This is a pretty common issue I think, with how mathematicians think math is done.
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@jojokompella I don't know man. Seems like a cope frankly.
But honestly my main point with this post is that most ppl simply won't go deep on AI until it punches them in the stomach.
But honestly my main point with this post is that most ppl simply won't go deep on AI until it punches them in the stomach.
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@retard_human_ai Exactly. And as twitter discourse goes, my main point (the last sentence) got lost on most ppl :-/
I've got nothing against him, in fact I'm bit of a math nerd myself. But..
I've got nothing against him, in fact I'm bit of a math nerd myself. But..
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@the_yanco AI created a Gaúcha version of Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train in seconds. And its better then the original and better then most Gaúcha Music. Its over
youtu.be/_1W-Pm6PWu4?is…
youtu.be/_1W-Pm6PWu4?is…
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@ErkCvl It's over for all of us, but most ppl do not pay attention.
That was my main point of the tweet anyway.
That was my main point of the tweet anyway.
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@the_yanco 2025:
'for...maths tasks, current models fluctuate between "genuinely useful with only broad guidance from user" & "only useful after substantial detailed user guidance".'
March 2026
"Any undergrad can train LLM."
September 2026
"we have to slow down AI. the pace is insane."
'for...maths tasks, current models fluctuate between "genuinely useful with only broad guidance from user" & "only useful after substantial detailed user guidance".'
March 2026
"Any undergrad can train LLM."
September 2026
"we have to slow down AI. the pace is insane."
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@the_yanco Just because he is really good at mathematics does not mean he is really smart.
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@the_yanco First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Artists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Artist
Then they came for the Programmers
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Programmer
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Artists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Artist
Then they came for the Programmers
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Programmer
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