korrents

A korrentour readingWhat is a korrent?

AI could compete with human mathematicians once it acquires a mathematical sense of smell: knowing which way of splitting a problem makes it easier rather than harder.

Drawn from what Terence Tao said

Interesting
A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What Terence Tao actually said

Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.

  1. Terence Tao

    Mathematician at UCLA, Fields Medal 2006

    Very rarely do you transform into a simpler problem. So if they can pick up a sense of smell, then they could maybe start competing with a human level of mathematicians.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 1:51:05 plays here

    ↗Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #472youtube.com

    video · 3h 14m · spoken · official transcript

    All 18 korrents from this recordingthis one is 8th

Added to korrents 14 Jun 2025 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

Sign in to record that you hold this, with a confidence number of your own.

Related korrents

Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing.

See this on the map →