Meet Terence Tao: A Math Genius We Can All Relate To
Terence Tao, one of the greatest mathematicians ever, has lived a pretty extraordinary life. Born in Adelaide, Australia, Tao earned his PhD from Princeton at just 21 and became a UCLA professor by 24. In a recent interview, Tao, now 49, shares his thoughts on Venezuela's presidential election, whether AI could really destroy humanity (spoiler: it’s complicated), and what AI systems like AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry mean for the future. He even talks about the wild idea of water spontaneously exploding and ending the world. Crazy stuff, but Tao makes it sound almost... possible.