2026-07-12 / Signal #1

Terence Tao using modern AI coding agents to port/revive 25-year-old mathematical applets and build new ones (e.g. spacetime diagrams, Gilbreath permutations).

“The greatest living mathematician just resurrected his 1999 applets-and finished projects he gave up on-by handing them to AI agents.”

9.0Weirdness

Why It Matters

Even elite mathematicians now "vibe code" abandoned ideas into interactive living artifacts via agents; blurs math, software, and builder workflows in a concrete, useful way.

Evidence

Tao's own July 11, 2026 blog post with live apps, edited conversation transcripts, and before/after examples (HN top trending).

Signal Read

Receipts: 10Story voltage: 9Heat: 8

Source Trail

Daily scan: 2026-07-12

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