The more Terry talks about AI, the more I'm starting to feel like Terry may have some undisclosed conflicts of interest. https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1tryyw7/terenc...
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Old and new apps, via modern coding agents
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#12The more Terry talks about AI, the more I'm starting to feel like Terry may have some undisclosed conflicts of interest. https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1tryyw7/terenc...
When it comes to coding, non-programmers do not have to be in a defensive position worried that their job is under risk, instead they just see a great tool that saves them time, especially doing boring coding like dashboards, visualizations, interactive web-pages, or doing experiments that they otherwise would not have time for.
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#15Terry Tao using coding agents to build apps means we're one step away from a Fields Medalist asking an LLM why his Docker container won't start, just like the rest of us.
This is a very humbling thought, thank you.
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#16The more Terry talks about AI, the more I'm starting to feel like Terry may have some undisclosed conflicts of interest. https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1tryyw7/terenc...
When it comes to coding, non-programmers do not have to be in a defensive position worried that their job is under risk, instead they just see a great tool that saves them time, especially doing boring coding like dashboards, visualizations, interactive web-pages, or doing experiments that they otherwise would not have time for.
A lot of mathematicians are worried: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-w...
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
When it comes to coding, non-programmers do not have to be in a defensive position worried that their job is under risk, instead they just see a great tool that saves them time, especially doing boring coding like dashboards, visualizations, interactive web-pages, or doing experiments that they otherwise would not have time for.
A lot of mathematicians are worried: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-w...
Mathematicians are a kind of programmers, the original ones.
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#19The more Terry talks about AI, the more I'm starting to feel like Terry may have some undisclosed conflicts of interest. https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1tryyw7/terenc...
When it comes to coding, non-programmers do not have to be in a defensive position worried that their job is under risk, instead they just see a great tool that saves them time, especially doing boring coding like dashboards, visualizations, interactive web-pages, or doing experiments that they otherwise would not have time for.
"When it comes to a field I'm not an expert in, AI is a great tool."
Every time.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
When it comes to coding, non-programmers do not have to be in a defensive position worried that their job is under risk, instead they just see a great tool that saves them time, especially doing boring coding like dashboards, visualizations, interactive web-pages, or doing experiments that they otherwise would not have time for.
"When it comes to a field I'm not an expert in, AI is a great tool." Every time.
Yes, because AI gets the "shape" of something right. If you don't know the field you don't notice the pockmarked surface.