Fields with tight data loops where predictions can be easily verified will likely see more progress from AI systems than fields that rely on cumulative retrospective evidence, suggesting a bias toward progress in hard sciences over soft sciences.

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Unidentified Speaker — Terence Tao – How the world’s top mathematician uses AI [Q8Fkpi18QXU]

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I wonder if we'll in retrospect end up seeing much more progress in domains which have this kind of tight data loop where you can verify them quite easily.

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Terence Tao – How the world’s top mathematician uses AIDwarkesh Patel
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:05:48 PM

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