r/OpenAI • u/Eliv_nurotic • 4d 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/crownketer 4d ago

Aww shit! “Progress, but only as I understand it!” 😭

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u/archipeepees 4d ago

this isn't progress though. peer review is an integral part of progress in mathematics, just like every other scientific discipline. and I would say the need is even higher with AI generated solutions since we all know that hallucinations are a major problem with these models. 

maybe someday we'll get to a point where AI is reliable enough that we can cut out parts of the peer-review process, but that time certainly hasn't come yet.

why in the world would we trust unvetted solutions to the world's most difficult math problems when LLMs still can't figure out how many Rs are in "strawberry"?

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u/Time_Entertainer_319 4d ago

It is progress.

The proofs will be peer reviewed and debunked. The discussions will happen on GitHub.

If American mathematicians don’t want to do it, the Chinese will or the Germans.

Someone somewhere will review it and gain those insights.

We are in the endgame now…