Comment by piker
6 hours ago
> Initial Members of the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (opens in a new window), hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study (opens in a new window):
> ...
> Timothy Gowers (Collège de France, Cambridge)
https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/why-i-didnt-sign-the...
Well perhaps we spent a bit too much time discussing the argument and neglected the incentives.
Martin Hairer signed the Fields Medallists' letter and is in the advisory board. Camillo De Lallis and Ravi Vakil both endorsed the letter and are also on the advisory board. I'm not sure what "incentives" you're talking about.
https://mathandai.org/
You had me until the last part. There are obvious incentives to avoid (and advertise avoidance of) signing a paper that some perceive as hostile to OpenAI in exchange for remaining in consideration for a prestigious post endowed by OpenAI. If you "not sure" about those, then you're being quite generous.