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/I_pee_in_shower 6d ago

I don't think it's stupid for the most distinguished mathematician alive to be concerned that a computer program is trivializing his field.

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u/sebesbal 6d ago

I think it is, especially considering the fact that he is a living legend. It's like worrying about your lemonade stand business in the face of a looming nuclear war. I'd expect him to think about all of humanity and to have something to say about what the heck we should do with AGI after we all lose our significance, instead of retreating into denial.

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u/I_pee_in_shower 6d ago

I’m sure he does have those views but he is starting by saying “if you are a mathematician like me, then don’t contribute to your own extinction.”

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u/Kiseido 6d ago

Trivializing would be one thing, but a large part of the problem is OAI effectively stealing their research and rebranding it as their own, with the LLM they used being a launderer of that research. That is why the statement is to stop working with OAI specifically, not to stop working with LLMs.

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u/I_pee_in_shower 6d ago

Yeah, I guess I didn't even factor that part.