Old and New Apps, via Modern Coding Agents (Terence Tao)
Source: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/old-and-new-apps-via-modern-coding-agents/
Author: Terence Tao
Date: 2026-07-11
Summary (Chinese)
Terry Tao 亲述用 AI 助手将 24 个 1999 年的 Java 数学可视化工具迁移到 JavaScript。AI 不仅修复了原代码 bug，还发现了作者未知的错误。几小时完成迁移，还生成了 1999 年因代码复杂度放弃的狹义相对论可视化工具。展示了顶尖数学家如何落地使用 AI 助手。
Summary (English)
Terence Tao describes using AI agents to port 24 Java math visualization applets from 1999 to JavaScript. AI not only fixed original code bugs but identified errors the author was unaware of. Completed porting in hours, plus generated a special relativity visualization tool abandoned in 1999 due to code complexity. Demonstrates how a top mathematician uses AI assistants in practice.
One-liner
AI 不仅修复了原代码 bug，还发现了作者未知的错误
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