do i believe fields medal winners can be self-deluded or ignorant in fields outside their areas of expertise?? why yes
Zach WeinersmithThere's lots of stuff LLMs can't do, but if you want to disbelieve all the recent math, you have to believe a bunch of Fields Medalists with long track records are just straightforwardly lying about the thing they care most about. Here's a recent blog by Gowers: gowers.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/a...