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Terence Tao says AI could trigger math's biggest crisis since Gödel

Terence Tao says AI could trigger a crisis in mathematics comparable to the foundational upheaval around 1900. He argues the field's values are being tested and proposes that a proof no human can explain should be considered incomplete.

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Terence Tao says AI could trigger math's biggest crisis since Gödel: Terence Tao says AI could trigger a crisis in mathematics comparable to the foundational upheaval around 1900. He argues the field's values are being tested and proposes that a proof no human can explain should be considered incomplete.

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