Q&A with UCLA's Terence Tao, widely considered the world's greatest living mathematician, on OpenAI's o1, how AI might be useful to mathematicians, and more (Matteo Wong/The Atlantic)

Terence Tao, a mathematics professor at UCLA and widely considered the world’s greatest living mathematician, discusses AI’s potential impact on the field, particularly OpenAI’s o1 project, in an interview with The Atlantic’s Matteo Wong. Tao envisions AI as a valuable tool for mathematicians, offering new insights and approaches to solving complex problems. Known as a real-life superintelligence, Tao highlights the intersection of mathematics and artificial intelligence as a promising avenue for future research and innovation.

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