Within a decade AI will be able to do much of the work math students now do.
Terence Tao, UCLA · made Mar 20, 2026 · target Mar 2036 · Open
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I think within a decade, a lot of things that math students currently do [...] can be done by AI.
The prediction
- Who
- Terence Tao, Mathematician, UCLA
- Made
- Mar 20, 2026
- Target
- Mar 20, 2036 (stated as "within a decade")
- Status
- Openin 9 years
- Source
- Dwarkesh Podcast: Terence Tao, Kepler, Newton, and the true nature of mathematical discovery Secondary: a report of what they said
- Topics
- Science
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