Ill-Posed

blog — Terence Tao — 13 Sep 2026

“Deep theorems were scarce and difficult and so became an effective mechanism to identify deep thought. AI has broken this system.”

#ai-mathematics #mathematical-practice #proof-generation

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[This is a guest post by Bryna Kra. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] For generations, mathematicians have treated the production of theorems as a clear measure of success. The stronger the theorem, the deeper the proof, the more surprising the connections, the greater […]

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