Comment by david-gpu

Tao's critique of AI in the field of mathematics reminds me of what French art critic Charles Baudelaire said in the 19th century about photography [0].

Baudelaire argued that photography became a haven for failed painters, the sorts of hacks that could not finish proper training. Photography, as a mechanical rendering of the world, could only record what already existed; it couldn't transform reality the way a painting could.

He also criticized the public's craze for "rushing" into it, and complained that this technical "progress" was weakening the arts.

Do you see some parallels as well?

[0] https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Curiosit%C3%A9s_esth%C3%A9tiq...