Timothy Gowers
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"This is an emergency." The world's top mathematicians signed an open letter expressing their "extreme concern" about human extinction this decade. The estimates of a 10% chance of extinction "must not be dismissed as 'hype'." ... "By the time this becomes obvious to the wider public..."
A Reddit post surfaces an unverified claim attributed to Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers about a 10% chance of human extinction from AI this decade, citing urgency and public unawareness as critical risks.
Sep 19, 2026
Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers says most famous mathematics problems solved by LLMs so far have almost all been with counterexamples rather than proofs (Timothy Gowers/Gowers's Weblog)
Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers observes that LLMs have predominantly generated counterexamples—not formal proofs—for famous unsolved mathematics problems, highlighting a persistent gap between symbolic pattern-matching and rigorous deductive reasoning.
Aug 16, 2026
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01 Most famous mathematics problems solved by LLMs so far have almost all been with counterexamples rather than proofs.
02 The world's top mathematicians signed an open letter expressing 'extreme concern' about human extinction this decade, estimating a 10% chance.
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