Old and new apps, via modern coding agents by Terry Tao

(terrytao.wordpress.com)

78 points | by subset 1 hour ago

9 comments

  • luciana1u 1 hour ago
    Terry Tao using coding agents to build apps means we're one step away from a Fields Medalist asking an LLM why his Docker container won't start, just like the rest of us.
    • skinfaxi 24 minutes ago
      This is a very humbling thought, thank you.
  • wffurr 58 minutes ago
    Nice balanced perspective there at the end:

    "as such [LLM-coded interactive] supplements are not mission-critical to the core of the paper, I again feel that the downside risk of using guided interaction with LLM agents to generate such visualizations is acceptable."

    It's a tool. Good for some things but not others and generally not to be trusted.

  • muragekibicho 40 minutes ago
    The article's awkward opening statement proves it wasn't written by AI.

    I have been interested in machine-assisted ways to do and teach mathematics from as far back as 1999, when I started coding several applets in Java 1.0, both for my complex analysis and linear algebra courses, to visualize various mathematical objects I was interested in (such as honeycombs or Besicovitch sets).

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  • jgalt212 47 minutes ago
    The more Terry talks about AI, the more I'm starting to feel like Terry may have some undisclosed conflicts of interest.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1tryyw7/terenc...

    • sega_sai 36 minutes ago
      When it comes to coding, non-programmers do not have to be in a defensive position worried that their job is under risk, instead they just see a great tool that saves them time, especially doing boring coding like dashboards, visualizations, interactive web-pages, or doing experiments that they otherwise would not have time for.
    • nmfisher 46 minutes ago
      Or he just finds it an incredible time-saving tool to help him do more maths.
      • perching_aix 39 minutes ago
        The well-known bias and conflict of interest of "I just enjoy experimenting with this new thing".
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