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Terry Tao weighs golden age vs dark age for mathematics

Original: Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (and science)?

Mathematician Terence Tao has published a new essay asking whether mathematics and science are heading into a golden age or a dark age. The piece is drawing wide attention among researchers and technologists, who are debating how AI, funding pressures and institutional change could reshape discovery in the years ahead.

Why now: Tao is one of the world's most respected mathematicians, and his take on whether AI and current conditions will help or harm scientific progress sparks immediate debate.

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