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Read this korrent: The solutions to the Poincare Conjecture and Fermat's Last Theorem would have been discovered before 2030 even if Grigori Perelman and Andrew Wiles had worked mid-level marketing jobs.
The solutions to the Poincare Conjecture and Fermat's Last Theorem would have been discovered before 2030 even if Grigori Perelman and Andrew Wiles had worked mid-level marketing jobs.
Last stated today
6 Oct 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In ten years there will be many results much closer to twin primes, perhaps not the whole thing; on the Riemann hypothesis he has no clue. — tap to centre the map on it
In ten years there will be many results much closer to twin primes, perhaps not the whole thing; on the Riemann hypothesis he has no clue.
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: 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: Within a decade AI will do the bulk of what mathematicians spend their time on, and we will discover that was never the important part of the job. — tap to centre the map on it
Within a decade AI will do the bulk of what mathematicians spend their time on, and we will discover that was never the important part of the job.
Last stated 7 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Models can prove monumental theorems and still have never written an essay worth reading. — tap to centre the map on it
Models can prove monumental theorems and still have never written an essay worth reading.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Jul 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The mathematical problems whose solutions have not yet been invented will be solved by humans working alongside AI, not by either alone. — tap to centre the map on it
The mathematical problems whose solutions have not yet been invented will be solved by humans working alongside AI, not by either alone.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — 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 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most of the useful mathematics AI produces over the next five years will be filling in connections that only somebody expert in several fields could draw. — tap to centre the map on it
Most of the useful mathematics AI produces over the next five years will be filling in connections that only somebody expert in several fields could draw.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents have not yet produced anything genuinely new or important in mathematics. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents have not yet produced anything genuinely new or important in mathematics.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A narrow, highly accurate model can beat a general one inside its own domain, as AlphaFold did, and materials science and chip design are next. — tap to centre the map on it
A narrow, highly accurate model can beat a general one inside its own domain, as AlphaFold did, and materials science and chip design are next.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jul 2026
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Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Contemporary physical and evolutionary structure-prediction approaches fall far short of experimental accuracy without a close experimental homologue, limiting biological utility. — tap to centre the map on it
Contemporary physical and evolutionary structure-prediction approaches fall far short of experimental accuracy without a close experimental homologue, limiting biological utility.
Last stated 5 years ago
15 Jul 2021
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Deep learning has effectively solved the problem of predicting a protein's 3D structure from its sequence. — tap to centre the map on it
Deep learning has effectively solved the problem of predicting a protein's 3D structure from its sequence.
Last stated a year ago
29 Jun 2025
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Elliot Hershberg — holds since 2025-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A test checks a handful of examples; a proof settles an infinite state space, which is why formal methods can say things testing never can. — tap to centre the map on it
A test checks a handful of examples; a proof settles an infinite state space, which is why formal methods can say things testing never can.
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: AI is making formal methods more popular without making them mainstream, moving them from about a tenth of a per cent of engineers to three tenths. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is making formal methods more popular without making them mainstream, moving them from about a tenth of a per cent of engineers to three tenths.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — 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: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
22 Sept 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started.
Last stated 2 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI research will be fully automated around 2030 or 2031, and AI will beat humans at essentially any job by about 2033. — tap to centre the map on it
AI research will be fully automated around 2030 or 2031, and AI will beat humans at essentially any job by about 2033.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
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The solutions to the Poincare Conjecture and Fermat's Last Theorem would have been discovered before 2030 even if Grigori Perelman and Andrew Wiles had worked mid-level marketing jobs.
Last stated 6 Oct 2026 · today
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In ten years there will be many results much closer to twin primes, perhaps not the whole thing; on the Riemann hypothesis he has no clue.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Terence Tao
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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 Terence Tao
Similar wording
Within a decade AI will do the bulk of what mathematicians spend their time on, and we will discover that was never the important part of the job.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Terence Tao
Similar wording
Models can prove monumental theorems and still have never written an essay worth reading.
Last stated 31 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Patrick Collison
Similar wording
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 · 2 months ago
Holds Fei-Fei Li
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 · 3 months ago
Holds Grant Sanderson
Similar wording
Most of the useful mathematics AI produces over the next five years will be filling in connections that only somebody expert in several fields could draw.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Grant Sanderson
Similar wording
AI agents have not yet produced anything genuinely new or important in mathematics.
Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Peter Woit
Same subject: protein structure prediction
A narrow, highly accurate model can beat a general one inside its own domain, as AlphaFold did, and materials science and chip design are next.
Last stated 30 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Jeff Dean
Same subject: protein structure prediction
Contemporary physical and evolutionary structure-prediction approaches fall far short of experimental accuracy without a close experimental homologue, limiting biological utility.
Last stated 15 Jul 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds Demis Hassabis
Same subject: protein structure prediction
Deep learning has effectively solved the problem of predicting a protein's 3D structure from its sequence.
Last stated 29 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Elliot Hershberg
Same subject: formal proof
A test checks a handful of examples; a proof settles an infinite state space, which is why formal methods can say things testing never can.
Last stated 22 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Martin Kleppmann
Same subject: formal proof
AI is making formal methods more popular without making them mainstream, moving them from about a tenth of a per cent of engineers to three tenths.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Hillel Wayne
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 Martin Kleppmann
Same subject: recursive self-improvement
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated 22 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Tyler Cowen
Same subject: recursive self-improvement
AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started.
Last stated 3 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Chamath Palihapitiya
Same subject: recursive self-improvement
AI research will be fully automated around 2030 or 2031, and AI will beat humans at essentially any job by about 2033.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ryan Greenblatt