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summary: "UCLA professor Terence Tao was once enthusiastic about AI's role in math. He now warns of AI destroying the field's deliberative process. A.I. is solving problems that stumped the field for decades."
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# A profile of UCLA professor Terence Tao, who was once enthusiastic about AI's role in math but now warns of AI destroying the field's deliberative process \(Rivka Galchen/New Yorker\)

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**Published:** 2026-11-02T09:20:00.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** reasoning

## Summary

UCLA professor Terence Tao was once enthusiastic about AI's role in math\. He now warns of AI destroying the field's deliberative process\. A\.I\. is solving problems that stumped the field for decades\.

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