Devin is being pitched as a global Easter egg hunt after claims of cracking three open problems
nptacek · x · 2026-07-24
A viral post says Devin is making it feel like a worldwide Easter egg hunt.
- The cited example claims Devin helped crack three open problems in one day.
- They include a 40-year-old graffiti conjecture, two graffiti conjectures proved or refuted, and a 20-year-old problem from West's open problems list.
- The author says the method was simple: show Devin the original tweet and ask it to find similar problems and solve them.
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