AI Capability Should Be Measured by Solving Novel Problems
burny_tech · x · 2026-07-19
The author argues that the true standard for measuring AI capability isn't leaderboard scores or demo effects, but how many novel, open mathematical and scientific problems it has solved, and how significant these problems are.
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