Terence Tao warns AI is mining open maths problems dry.
Fields medallist Terence Tao wrote this week that good open problems are a finite resource. He compared automated solving to digging up an archaeological site with an excavator. He suggested some problems may need to be declared off-limits to machines.
Why it mattersHard problems are how young mathematicians learn, not just puzzles waiting for answers. If sharing a research direction invites a lab to race you, open science gets quieter.
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