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Brady Haran
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    Meat Pies and Math Essentials - with Terence Tao

    09/11/2026 | 13 mins.
    Terence Tao discusses his new popular book about mathematics… and a little bit of Australian nostalgia.
    Order Six Math Essentials - https://www.quantabooks.org/books/six-math-essentials/
    Terence Tao’s blog - https://terrytao.wordpress.com/
    Some previous videos and podcasts with Terence Tao - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY7wcvVEDTvU
    Calculating Pie with Meat Pies - https://youtu.be/ZNiRzZ66YN0
    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
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    Learning to Live with AI - with Daniel Litt

    02/11/2026 | 44 mins.
    Daniel Litt is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Toronto.
    Visit his webpage here - https://www.daniellitt.com/
    And check out his blogposts here - https://www.daniellitt.com/blog/
    Numberphile videos and event podcasts about AI - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsSL1XVSphg
    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
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    No More Heroes - Terry Tao on AI in Mathematics

    15/10/2026 | 21 mins.
    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=PLVsSL1XVSphg
    Terence 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-zpJeY3E
    Our Fields Medal playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu
    Here's the now famous (or infamous) dump of AI proofs - https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/CONTENTS.md
    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
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    The Strip Mining of Mathematical Proofs - with Hugo Duminil-Copin

    14/10/2026 | 33 mins.
    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-Ko4
    Hugo’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.md
    Brady 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-zSWY
    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
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    The Glimmer in our Eye - with Grant Sanderson from 3Blue1Brown

    28/09/2026 | 57 mins.
    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/3blue1brown
    Grant’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=PLt5AfwLFPxWKskQnjSsp3t8Uw2XMz5xYj
    Grant previously on the podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RH93XvSyU
    Signals & Threads podcast - https://signalsandthreads.com/
    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
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About The Numberphile Podcast
Interviews with people who love numbers and mathematics. Hosted by Brady Haran, maker of the Numberphile series on YouTube.
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