# Science Friday (@sciencefriday)

Podcast on Boilpoints

Page: https://boilpoints.com/u/sciencefriday

## Latest segments

- [OpenAI's Millennium Prize math claim](https://boilpoints.com/point/openais_millennium_prize_math_claim_3715245666), 2026-10-28: **Argues math's gift economy clashes with AI**. Tao frames the dumped proofs as artifacts with the markings of achievement but no substance, and argues mathematics' volunteer gift economy - peer refereeing, unspoken etiquette - is incompatible with the optimizing approach of AI companies.
- [OpenAI's Millennium Prize math claim](https://boilpoints.com/point/openais_millennium_prize_math_claim_3715245666), 2026-10-28: **Adds the 300-proof backlog and secrecy**. Tao's opening segment frames the AI math claims as a disruption to how mathematicians work, and adds a concrete consequence: a backlog of hundreds of AI-generated proofs with no one at OpenAI to explain them, junior researchers whose projects were made obsolete, and growing secrecy about research directions.
- [OpenAI's Millennium Prize math claim](https://boilpoints.com/point/openais_millennium_prize_math_claim_3715245666), 2026-10-28: **Recaps OpenAI's Millennium Prize claims**. Opens the episode with OpenAI's claims that a model solved Navier-Stokes in 88 hours and later produced results for over 350 open problems, framing the debate over how well they were solved before turning to the Terence Tao interview.