Terence Tao says AI could trigger math's biggest crisis since Gödel
In a new essay, Terence Tao warns that AI could push mathematics into a crisis on par with the foundational upheaval around 1900. What's being tested this time isn't mathematical truth but the values of the field: what counts as a contribution, what gets rewarded, and who did the work. His rule of thumb: a proof that no human can explain should be considered incomplete.<br /> The article Terence Tao says AI could trigger math's biggest crisis since Gödel appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
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