‘The job description is changing’: mathematician Terence Tao on the rise of AI

Terence Tao has been exploring the intersection between maths and AI. Credit: David Esquivel/UCLA Is mathematics being taken over by generative artificial intelligence? This year, a spate of media reports have suggested that the field is being fundamentally changed by the technology. Many maths researchers say that AI’s actual capabilities are often hyped up, and that it’s not yet time to announce the death of their profession. …