LLMs Are Now Solving Unsolved Math Problems, and the Bitter Lesson Still Wins
haider1 · x · 2026-07-24
LLMs went from struggling with math to reportedly solving unsolved problems.
The post argues that the explanation is not a mysterious theory, but a straightforward one: more training and more thinking time. In that framing, the "Bitter Lesson" is winning again — added compute keeps pushing capability forward.
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