Terence Tao

Mentioned in 7 analyzed podcast episodes across 6 shows

Appears On

Dwarkesh Podcast "The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)Embracing Digital Transformation Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Lex Fridman Podcast

Episode Appearances

Dwarkesh Podcast · Apr 7, 2026

Michael Nielsen – How science actually progresses

“Asked about why Darwin's theory took longer to discover than Newton's gravity”

History of scientific discovery and the Michelson-Morley experimentFalsification and the scientific methodSpecial relativity and Einstein's development of the theory

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"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Mar 16, 2026

AI Scouting Report: the Good, Bad, & Weird @ the Law & AI Certificate Program, by LexLab, UC Law SF

“World's leading mathematician reporting that AIs are now solving previously unsolved problems”

AI Safety and AlignmentReward Hacking and Deceptive AI BehaviorAI Regulation and Policy

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Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) · Mar 13, 2026

When AI Discovers The Next Transformer - Robert Lange (Sakana)

“Mathematician who has publicly discussed using GPT-4 to speed up research and reduce drudgery”

Evolutionary algorithms for AILarge language model ensemblesAutomated scientific discovery

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Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) · Jan 23, 2026

Why Every Brain Metaphor in History Has Been Wrong [SPECIAL EDITION]

“Mathematician; GPT 5.2 reportedly solved one of his unsolved problems, raising questions about AI understanding”

Free Energy Principle and neuroscience reductionismBrain metaphors and technological determinism in scienceFallacy of misplaced concreteness in AI and neuroscience

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Embracing Digital Transformation · Jan 21, 2026

#318 AI, ETL, and Accuracy in Unstructured Data

“Renowned mathematician using LLMs to prove minor lemmas; cited as example of AI augmenting human expertise”

Large Language Model Limitations and Context WindowsDivide-and-Conquer Strategies for LLM ScalingPrompt Engineering and Context Engineering

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Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson · Nov 17, 2025

AGI Is Here: AI Legend Peter Norvig on Why it Doesn't Matter Anymore

“Used AI to assist in mathematical proofs; described AI systems as competent graduate-student level”

AGI Definition and TerminologyLanguage Model Scaling and EffectivenessAI Safety and Responsible Development

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Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 23, 2025

#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games

“Referenced as expert on nonlinear dynamical systems and singularities; potential AGI test subject”

AGI Timeline and DefinitionP vs NP Problem and Computational ComplexityProtein Folding and AlphaFold Architecture

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