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by Brady Haran
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- 2 weeks ago21 min
No More Heroes - Terry Tao on AI in Mathematics
A leading light in mathematics for much of his life, Terence Tao discusses the crisis being caused by a massive dump of AI proofs. Our playlist of videos on the current AI issue - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsSL1XVSphgTerence Tao's excellent blog (featuring many guest posts about AI) - https://terrytao.wordpress.com/Terence’s new book Six Math Essentials is available for pre-order - https://www.quantabooks.org/books/six-math-essentials/Terence Tao previously on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXJ-zpJeY3EOur Fields Medal playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeuHere's the now famous (or infamous) dump of AI proofs - https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/CONTENTS.mdNumberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-streetWith thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patronsNumberphile is created by Brady Haran
- 2 weeks ago33 min
The Strip Mining of Mathematical Proofs - with Hugo Duminil-Copin
Fields Medalist Hugo Duminil-Copin describes how 16 proofs among the hundreds recently published by OpenAI left him in tears. And what next for mathematics?Watch this interview as a video - https://youtu.be/omuJpoV-Ko4Hugo’s website at University of Geneva - https://www.unige.ch/~duminil/ The OpenAI drop of AI proofs - https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/CONTENTS.mdBrady speaks with Grant Sanderson about AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HlIuxnuTKQ Navier-Stokes cracked by AI - https://youtu.be/3geDF-DAwpg Tristan Buckmaster reacts to Navier-Stokes - https://youtu.be/Mzbtj5nkMXI Hugo previously on the podcast - https://www.numberphile.com/videos/hugo-duminil-copin-podcast And Hugo in a Numberphile video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWtD0O-zSWYNumberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-streetWith thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patronsNumberphile is created by Brady Haran
- Sep 28, 202657 min
The Glimmer in our Eye - with Grant Sanderson from 3Blue1Brown
AI has become the biggest talking point in mathematics. We discussed the topic - and the future - with Grant Sanderson (creator of the 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel).3Blue1Brown on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brownGrant’s guest post on Terry Tao’s blog - https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/A possible Navier Stokes breakthrough - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3geDF-DAwpg Grant Sanderson on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKskQnjSsp3t8Uw2XMz5xYjGrant previously on the podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RH93XvSyUSignals & Threads podcast - https://signalsandthreads.com/Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-streetWith thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patronsNumberphile is created by Brady Haran
- Aug 11, 202637 min
To SAT, or not SAT, that is the question
A growing number of people claim being “test blind” to applicants’ SAT scores is lowering standards at the University of California. Math Professor Zvezda Stankova is among the academics calling for SATs to be re-introduced to the admissions process.Jane Street intern applications (episode sponsor): https://jane-st.co/internships2027-NumberphilePodHere’s the Open Letter signed by over 3000 people at UC (including five Nobel laureates, they are keen to point out): https://ucstudentsuccess.org/ This New York Times editorial gave the issue extra prominence: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/opinion/university-california-sat-testing-admissions.htmlThis LA Times comment pieces argues against re-introducing SATs to the process: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-08/chabria-column-uc-sat-act-admissionsNumberphile videos with Zvezda: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIbAPK1oJgRIpe0sWiPKkQ4Numberphile Podcast interview with Zvezda about her life and career: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbASf6W7SENumberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-streetWith thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patronsNumberphile is created by Brady Haran
- Mar 26, 20261h 6m
Rockets, Religion & Rejection - with Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day
Destin Sandlin discusses missile testing, astronaut applications, and why he created the wildly popular YouTube channel Smarter Every Day. YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Anmaky0Kksw Listen to the latest Signals & Threads podcast episode: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-ST-WillWilson Check out other episodes Signals & Threads here: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-SignalsandThreads Destin’s YouTube channel is Smarter Every Day: https://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday We also co-hosts the podcast No Dumb Questions: https://www.nodumbquestions.fm/ With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/ You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran
- Mar 18, 2026
The Man Who Loves Weather - with Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris
Dan Harris is a chief meteorologist at the UK Met Office - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ See him talking weather equations on Numberphile - https://youtu.be/YmZiq00CO60 Dan's websites - https://www.roostweather.com/ and https://istheukhotrightnow.com/ Check out some Met Office archive stuff at Brady's Objectivity channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5y2WfrtsPrauSfrdFfkE7iZ-KG9pCzO Weather videos on Brady's Sixty Symbols channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNpsv8AWUvJxbOl6S2pw8so Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/ You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran
- Jan 21, 202634 min
The Storm is Coming - with Hugo Duminil-Copin
The ups and downs of winning the coveted Fields Medal, with 2022 winner Hugo Duminil-Copin. See our main video from this interview - https://youtu.be/JWtD0O-zSWY Hugo is based at the University of Geneva and IHES - https://www.ihes.fr/~duminil/ More Numberphile interviews and videos with Fields Medallists - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu With thanks to Nils Berglund for visualisations of percolation - https://www.youtube.com/c/NilsBerglund Fields Medal 2022 - https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022 Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street And the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/ You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran
- Nov 9, 202550 min
Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko
Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos on YouTube - occasionally interrupted by drone attacks from Russia. Here is his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@aremathukr And you can support his work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Aremath The YouTube version of this podcast has captions available - https://youtu.be/Nd813Dg93Bs Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran I met with Sasko at the ‘From research to outreach’ conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland - https://outreach.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en
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