After AGI Solves Existing Open Problems, Who Defines the New Interesting Ones?
Aaroth · x · 2026-08-02
The author raises a profound philosophical question about scientific research in the AGI era: once AI exhausts the current overhang of well-defined open problems we care about, will new meaningful problems emerge?
They point out that while there are infinite true statements with difficult proofs, we only care about a tiny fraction. The process of agreeing on what makes a problem 'interesting' is inherently social. If AI solves our current agenda, the trajectory of human scientific interest and consensus might fundamentally shift.
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