OpenAI Claims Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False; Complexity Theorists Push Back
OpenAI published a preprint claiming the Exponential Time Hypothesis is false, prompting Two Minute Papers coverage and leading complexity theorists including Impagliazzo and R. Ryan Williams to set up a blog and paper repository for community review of the claimed refutation.
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