A Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
25 Fields Medallists including Terence Tao issue a declaration warning that AI companies' benchmark-driven mathematics goals are misaligned with science and society.
Terence Tao announced a declaration signed by 25 initial signatories, all Fields Medallists, warning that AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as benchmarks is detrimental to the science and misaligned with the mathematical community's goals. The signatories argue that rushed, headline-driven releases of LLM solutions to major problems raise attribution and plagiarism questions and could erode the human process that develops and transmits mathematical ideas. They frame the issue as a broader misalignment between AI outputs and the purpose of intellectual work, affecting other sciences and society at large. The declaration is posted on a public page, invites further signatures in the manner of the Leiden declaration, and has been covered by The Economist.
- Declaration signed by 25 Fields Medallists warns AI benchmark goals conflict with mathematics
- Authors flag rushed announcements, plagiarism concerns, and loss of human idea transmission
- Signatories frame the issue as broader misalignment between AI and the purpose of intellectual work
- Further signatures invited, and the declaration is covered by The Economist
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- Fields MedallistsThe Economist
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I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have also posted our declaration on this web page , and (similarly to the Leiden declaration ) invite further signatures.
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