The more Terry talks about AI, the more I'm starting to feel like Terry may have some undisclosed conflicts of interest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1tryyw7/terenc...

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sega_sai 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When it comes to coding, non-programmers do not have to be in a defensive position worried that their job is under risk, instead they just see a great tool that saves them time, especially doing boring coding like dashboards, visualizations, interactive web-pages, or doing experiments that they otherwise would not have time for.

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simonw 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A lot of mathematicians are worried: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-w...

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jdright 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Mathematicians are a kind of programmers, the original ones.

	▲	lagrange77 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Why are mathematicians a kind of programmers? Besides applied maths, aren't they more researchers that explore and discover, in contrast to the majority of programmers who are more like handymen?
	▲	CuriouslyC 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Disagree. Programming is about sequences (behavior, state, data, etc), math is about relations.

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lowsong 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"When it comes to a field I'm not an expert in, AI is a great tool."

Every time.

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azan_ 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Tao is not an expert in math research? That's a really high bar then.

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alansaber 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, because AI gets the "shape" of something right. If you don't know the field you don't notice the pockmarked surface.

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lagrange77 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think the opposite is true.

	▲	wizzwizz4 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So does anyone familiar with the Gell-Mann amnesia effect.

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perching_aix 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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hansmayer 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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nmfisher 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or he just finds it an incredible time-saving tool to help him do more maths.

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perching_aix 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The well-known shadowy bias and conflict of interest of "I just enjoy experimenting with this new thing".

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	▲	perching_aix 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I do not think he's shilling; I think you misread the tone of my comment. Added an extra word now to maybe make the intent clearer. That said, I do think "honeymoon phases" are a real source of bias. But then I don't think he's going through one of those either. He's been trying to leverage these models for a while now after all. He might still be under a more general "tech adoption trend" bias, but at that point I'd say the lines become a bit blurry.

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hansmayer 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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