Terence Tao recognized that plausibility and veracity are not the same, and that current tools are better at the former than the latter. [ed…

Terence Tao recognized that plausibility and veracity are not the same, and that current tools are better at the former than the latter. [edit: the video is from 2024, and affirms what i said in 2019 onwards] Terence Tao is answering a fundamental question regarding the safety and reliability of modern AI: "How can we use a tool that is powerful, but unreliable?" W = ∑(wᵢ ⋅ xᵢ) + b AI isn’t just about “smart”; it’s about the probability of looking right. We’ve built systems where th…

Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-05-07