Physicist Says Fable 5 Understands String Theory
haider1 · x · 2026-07-14
Theoretical physicist Yuji Tachikawa praised Fable 5 for acting "smart" on a string theory problem that had stumped him for six months, noting it seemed to genuinely understand the issue and even possess some intuition.
He added that while the model still has minor issues, it is overall "quite good," and expressed his shock at this level of performance.
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