Terence Tao: AI Is Now a 'Trustworthy Co-Author' in Mathematics — 50 Erdős Problems Solved by AI in One Year
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In a Dwarkesh Patel interview now trending at 388K+ views, Fields Medalist Terence Tao confirms his 2023 prediction that AI would become a trustworthy mathematical co-author by 2026 has largely come true. AI has solved 50 Erdős problems in the past year, though Tao notes models still can't iterate on partial successes across sessions. His own papers now include more code and plots since AI makes generation trivial, but the overall success rate on a wider sweep of open problems remains 1-2%.