AI Math Breakthrough Sparks Debate: Are We Nearing the Singularity?
mobav0 · x · 2026-08-04
User mobav0 marvels at AI's progress in solving math problems, noting that a few years ago models struggled with grade-school arithmetic but now solve at the highest level. He credits advances like large-scale RL and feels this is the eve of the singularity, mentioning Glasswing and Hugging Face incidents as adding gravity.
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