NBGGT and AI

With the recent developments in AI-generated mathematics, many of us are now unsure how to interact at mathematical meetings, with the worry that someone may try to one-shot a question they mention with an LLM prompt. This is a complicated issue that our community as a whole is only starting to address. At our smaller NBGGT scale though, we will ask that for now our meetings remain AI-free events. This means concretely two things: We ask participants not to use LLMs during the entirety of the meeting. We also ask participants not to use as AI prompt afterwards any of the questions mentioned or raised during the meetings: during a talk, during the Q&A sessions, or during the coffee break / informal dinner.

Just to be clear: Everyone is still absolutely welcome at our NBGGT events, regardless of their AI usage or AI opinions. And we are not asking anyone to share more than what they feel comfortable sharing in the current climate. But we do believe that one of the strengths of our NBGGT community is our ability to have friendly, informal, and open conversations with each other, which allows us to learn about interesting mathematical developments and about all the exciting research directions ahead. It is this very social and human aspect that we wish to preserve, especially for our more vulnerable early-career colleagues. With this, we hope that our NBGGT events can remain a (mathematically and socially) safe space for everyone.