Academia

25 Fields Medalists Told AI Companies to Stop Using Math as a Benchmark and Hacker News Spent 1,000 Comments Picking Sides

Twenty-five Fields Medal winners, including Terence Tao, signed a formal declaration on September 11 saying AI companies are breaking mathematics by using problem-solving as a benchmark. The Hacker News thread hit 1,051 points and 1,005 comments. The argument is sharper than you expect.