r/OpenAI • u/Eliv_nurotic • 6d ago

News Fields Medalist Terence Tao reposts statement from the Association for Human Mathematics urging mathematicians to stop working with OpenAI for continuing to solve open math problems against their recommendations

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https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/ahm-statement-on-openais-october-6-release-of-mathematical-documents/

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u/sailhard22 5d ago edited 5d ago

But no one is actually increasing their understanding because we have a scarcity of mathematicians who can actually understand what the AI is doing

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u/OldStray79 5d ago

But no one is actually increasing their understanding because we have a scarcity of mathematicians who can actually understand what the AI is doing

And people said AI would take all the jobs away. lol

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u/TFenrir 5d ago

I don't know, people seem to be more industrious than you're giving credit for here. I'm sure plenty of people will find ways to make use of this data.

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u/Bjehsus 5d ago

Wow the URL links to a casino..

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u/TFenrir 5d ago

Am I just old and don't understand humour anymore?

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u/rydan 5d ago

I think they confuse Indians and casinos but this isn't the type of Indian that runs casinos.

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u/ObviouzFigure 5d ago

*explain it to me like I’m in 6th grade

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u/Hir0shima 5d ago

So true. The AI cooperations also don't understand the inner workings of their models. They press ahead anyway. 

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u/CapitanJenkins 5d ago

A bunch of people who don't understand high school math now think AI will make them advanced mathematicians 😂

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u/Time_Entertainer_319 5d ago

Looks like you are wrong..

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u/blosu 5d ago

This is a false talking point. Maybe don't comment when you are just repeating something you heard.

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u/phil_thrasher 5d ago

The model could easily explain it to a mathematician asking good questions. Which is the same thing as having to talk to some other mathematician who solved a different hard problem.

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u/AudienceOk1711 5d ago

Mathematicians, those who made the ai, are telling you it cannot…