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Read this korrent: The mathematical problems whose solutions have not yet been invented will be solved by humans working alongside AI, not by either alone.
The mathematical problems whose solutions have not yet been invented will be solved by humans working alongside AI, not by either alone.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Aug 2026
FL
Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hybrid human-plus-AI teams will dominate mathematics for a lot longer, and a full replacement would need breakthroughs beyond anything we now have. — tap to centre the map on it
Hybrid human-plus-AI teams will dominate mathematics for a lot longer, and a full replacement would need breakthroughs beyond anything we now have.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: His prediction that research-level mathematics papers would be written in collaboration with AI by 2026 has already come true. — tap to centre the map on it
His prediction that research-level mathematics papers would be written in collaboration with AI by 2026 has already come true.
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It would be disappointing and surprising if the next five years of AI progress in mathematics produced no economically valuable improvements traceable to it. — tap to centre the map on it
It would be disappointing and surprising if the next five years of AI progress in mathematics produced no economically valuable improvements traceable to it.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: This decade, AI could propose a conjecture connecting two things nobody thought were related, with a real chance of it being correct and meaningful. — tap to centre the map on it
This decade, AI could propose a conjecture connecting two things nobody thought were related, with a real chance of it being correct and meaningful.
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use. — tap to centre the map on it
What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
TT
Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The number one unsolved problem in AI is not technical alignment but human alignment, because we cannot agree on the values to align to. — tap to centre the map on it
The number one unsolved problem in AI is not technical alignment but human alignment, because we cannot agree on the values to align to.
Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
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Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will revolutionise mathematics by giving it an experimental side: large-scale data on which methods work, rather than the careful solving of individual problems. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will revolutionise mathematics by giving it an experimental side: large-scale data on which methods work, rather than the careful solving of individual problems.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Alignment of today's models is going well enough to look solvable, while aligning models we can no longer understand remains unsolved. — tap to centre the map on it
Alignment of today's models is going well enough to look solvable, while aligning models we can no longer understand remains unsolved.
Last stated 7 months ago
22 Jan 2026
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Jan Leike — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck.
Last stated 5 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Formal verification is about to become economical, because models are getting good enough at writing the proofs that humans no longer have to. — tap to centre the map on it
Formal verification is about to become economical, because models are getting good enough at writing the proofs that humans no longer have to.
Last stated 5 months ago
22 Apr 2026
MK
Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Formalising a proof in Lean currently takes about ten times the effort of writing it out: doable, but annoying. — tap to centre the map on it
Formalising a proof in Lean currently takes about ten times the effort of writing it out: doable, but annoying.
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
TT
Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jun 2026
NB
Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it
A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences.
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs.
Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Sept 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are
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The mathematical problems whose solutions have not yet been invented will be solved by humans working alongside AI, not by either alone.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds FL Fei-Fei Li
Read this korrent →
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Hybrid human-plus-AI teams will dominate mathematics for a lot longer, and a full replacement would need breakthroughs beyond anything we now have.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Similar wording
His prediction that research-level mathematics papers would be written in collaboration with AI by 2026 has already come true.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Similar wording
It would be disappointing and surprising if the next five years of AI progress in mathematics produced no economically valuable improvements traceable to it.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds GS Grant Sanderson
Similar wording
This decade, AI could propose a conjecture connecting two things nobody thought were related, with a real chance of it being correct and meaningful.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Similar wording
What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Similar wording
The number one unsolved problem in AI is not technical alignment but human alignment, because we cannot agree on the values to align to.
Last stated 10 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds ER Eric Ries
Similar wording
AI will revolutionise mathematics by giving it an experimental side: large-scale data on which methods work, rather than the careful solving of individual problems.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Similar wording
Alignment of today's models is going well enough to look solvable, while aligning models we can no longer understand remains unsolved.
Last stated 22 Jan 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds JL Jan Leike
Same subject: formal proof
AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck.
Last stated 22 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds MK Martin Kleppmann
Same subject: formal proof
Formal verification is about to become economical, because models are getting good enough at writing the proofs that humans no longer have to.
Last stated 22 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds MK Martin Kleppmann
Same subject: formal proof
Formalising a proof in Lean currently takes about ten times the effort of writing it out: doable, but annoying.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Same subject: physics
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Last stated 3 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds LR Lisa Randall
Same subject: physics
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Last stated 26 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds NB Noam Brown
Same subject: physics
A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences.
Last stated 7 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds MN Michael Nielsen
Same subject: AI writing
AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds EM Ethan Mollick
Same subject: AI writing
AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds Gergely Orosz
Same subject: AI writing
An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one.
Last stated 18 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson