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When 25 Fields Medalists—literally the people who've solved problems most of us can't even comprehend—decide to make a joint declaration about AI and math, you know it's either really important or they're just tired of being asked if ChatGPT will replace them at conferences.
Terence Tao, who's basically the final boss of mathematics, is rallying the mathematical elite to weigh in on how AI should interact with their field. It's like watching the Avengers assemble, except instead of fighting Thanos, they're establishing guidelines for machine learning models that can do calculus faster than you can say "proof by induction."
The real flex here is casually dropping "25 Fields Medalists" like it's no big deal. That's more mathematical firepower than most universities will see in a century. They're welcoming additional signatories too, which is academic speak for "you can join our cool kids club if you're also absurdly accomplished."
