#472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI

Summary

The following is a conversation with Terrence Tao. Widely considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians in history. Often referred to as the Mozart of math, he won the Fields Medal and the Breakthrough Prize in mathematics and has contributed groundbreaking work to a truly astonishing range of fields in mathematics and physics. This was a huge honor for me for many reasons, including the humility and kindness that Terry showed to me throughout all our interactions. I…

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Terence Tao is widely considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians in history. He won the Fields Medal and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, and has contributed to a wide range of fields from fluid dynamics with Navier-Stokes equations to mathematical physics & quantum mechanics, prime numbers & analytics number theory, harmonic analysis, compressed sensing, random matrix theory, combinatorics, and progress on many of the hardest problems in the history of mathematics. Thank you for

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• ai
• society
• culture
• The following is a conversation with Terrence Tao
• Widely considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians in history
• This was a huge honor for me for many reasons, including the humility and kindness that Terry showed to me throughout all our interactions