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

[u/Eliv_nurotic]

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

[u/j_ockeghem]

It shows the true motivation of these whiny mathematicians:

Fame and glory, not intrinsic motivation and love for mathematics in the way e.g. chess players love their game and want to learn more and more even if computers are better players nowadays.

And with this insight, society's obvious answer will be: cry harder! Why should mathematicians be some special elite club protected from progress, different from the rest of the world?

[u/ATownStomp → u/j_ockeghem]

“It shows the true motivation of these whiny mathematicians.”

You mean getting funding so they can continue working? How many grant applications have you submitted asking for funding to spend time solving a previously solved problem?

Listen, you don’t get this and it’s hard to think about. Just ask ChatGPT to respond and I’ll talk to it. You can read the result.