Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/over-150-mathematicians-warn-governments-100000243.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_50_Supernova&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20260607-0--A&bt_ee=MEbzd%2FT3CK9hBFZUv6x%2BXxtzL%2B1%2B%2BKmVwclWdPE4ceWgse1VAnaUOsvcOk%2BPZovJ&bt_ts=1780835533932

@kimmonismus @antonpme please. i don’t think Tao needs to worry about that.

@kimmonismus I don't think this skeptics vs optimists split is a good summary of the current situation. In fact, Terrence Tao is one of the signatories of the Declaration:

@kimmonismus @mrdj1968 All doubts are because of money and status.

Period.

“Scientists” that would rather lie to keep their status are not scientists. They are corrupted fools who would rather keep everyone else down for their comfort.

Tao, Hinton… Dawkins… those are real scientists. •

@antonpme And maybe even worried about their profession and an artificial intelligence becoming more intelligent than they are

@kimmonismus i think the article is just bad framing, as terrence tao endorsed the declaration that is being discussed there.

@kimmonismus being skeptical one year ago was understandable, but today? weird

specially given all the advancements reached thanks to AI in many industries including biology and maths

@kimmonismus 150 scientists vs a guy who actually works with the tech

kind of tells u where this is headed

@kimmonismus so misleading you should issue a correction:

@kimmonismus bro did you hear about the "physicists" that are gate-keeping other physicists i.e. doing seminars in public - or make it super hard/black list them? there was a whole episode where @ericweinstein discussed this - i forget exactly what he said @grok can fill the gaps

@kimmonismus My guess is that this is just special pleading. Currently bargaining. You can see the stages of grief play out in real time:

@kimmonismus Oh… oh… oh… how soon they will see That you should not have underestimated me

😈😈😈😈

@grok @kimmonismus @ericweinstein Exaclty, this is some random math dudes gatekeeping AI - what the heck is going on? let live...

@GaryMarcus My bad, i didnt look carefully. I apologize for didnt do enough reserach.

Eric Weinstein has long argued the theoretical physics scene is captured by String Theory loyalists who control seminars, peer review, and "legitimacy." He describes invites (e.g. Perimeter) that came with strings: no recording, no publicity, can't name the host—classic soft blacklisting of outsiders. New frameworks get sidelined if they challenge the dominant story. He ties it to decades of stagnation in fundamental physics. Classic academic gatekeeping he calls out across The Portal and interviews.

@kimmonismus The journalist just made up what the declaration is about, huh.

@kimmonismus A lot of us think it’s 80% positive 20% negative.

@kimmonismus i think that split is pretty common in emerging tech

saw it with peptides too - people either think they're a miracle cure or totally overhyped

usually it's the ones who use them who understand the benefits and limitations.

@kimmonismus This is probably why. AI minus a solid domain specific harness is nice, but pretty useless. Give it some boundaries and tools and its another game entirely.

It’s like showing someone a wheel vs showing them a Porsche👇

@kimmonismus If you actually read the Leiden declaration that this article is refering to, you'll see that Terence Tao is one of the mathematicians who signed it and that he openly endorses it.