"Math Needs Paper, Pen, and $1 Trillion of Compute" Meme Goes Viral

A viral meme correcting that math requires not just paper and pen but roughly $1 trillion in compute infrastructure has spread across math and AI circles, reflecting how frontier research is now tied to massive compute.

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