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Terence Tao: AI turns beautiful mathematics into ‘toxic waste’

The top mathematician says Silicon Valley’s rush to solve long-investigated conundrums excludes ‘elegant solutions’ and reduces maths to raw training material

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  1. 2026-10-24 14:11 · r/OpenAI
    Terence Tao: AI turns beautiful mathematics into ‘toxic waste’
  2. 2026-10-24 14:10 · r/ChatGPT
    Terence Tao: AI turns beautiful mathematics into ‘toxic waste’
  3. 2026-10-24 14:09 · r/singularity
    Terence Tao: AI turns beautiful mathematics into ‘toxic waste’

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