邓煜，我们不是与AI竞争，而是与AI合作
发表于 ： 30 7月 2026, 08:54
Jul 27, 2026 On the SAIR
Just days after receiving the 2026 Fields Medal in Philadelphia, Yu Deng sits down with SAIR's Maddy Tao for one of his first interviews as a medalist for this special episode of On the SAIR.
Yu Deng, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago, was honored for cracking a problem that stood open for 125 years: Hilbert's sixth problem, the challenge of placing the laws of physics on rigorous mathematical foundations. In plain terms, he explains how his work builds a bridge between scales — from the chaotic motion of individual particles, to the Boltzmann equation, to the fluid equations that describe the world we actually see.
He also opens up about the whirlwind of Fields Medal week, suddenly becoming a household name on the Chinese internet, and his path from International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalist to one of the most celebrated mathematicians of his generation.
The conversation ranges from why randomness can make hard problems easier, to the frontiers of quantum field theory and Yang-Mills, to how AI and formal proof systems are changing mathematical research. Deng's view: AI won't replace mathematicians — but it's already proving lemmas, expanding the toolkit, and putting once-impossible questions within reach.
Outline of this video:
00:00 Fields Medal week and Yu Deng's path into mathematics
01:50 The 100-year problem: randomness, particles, and the laws of fluids
05:34 What pure math can reveal about the real world
07:38 Quantum field theory and the next frontier of mathematics
08:20 How mathematicians can work with AI
12:40 The next mysteries: Yang-Mills, infinite dimensions, and why everything connects