AI Disproves Long-Standing Math Conjecture Using Surprisingly Simple Prompts
danshipper · x · 2026-07-23
Developer Matt Shumer noted that AI has successfully disproven another long-standing open mathematical conjecture. Surprisingly, the prompts driving this breakthrough were incredibly simple, such as “do a breakthrough,” “continue the search,” and “enough, do it.”
He believes this extremely low barrier to interaction means that soon, anyone will be able to achieve world-bending breakthroughs simply by pointing the model in the right direction.
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