Neurosurgery Resident Solves Major Open Math Problem Using ChatGPT
burny_tech · x · 2026-08-14
A neurosurgery resident with no advanced math training successfully used ChatGPT to solve a major open problem in numerical linear algebra.
Microsoft researcher Sébastien Bubeck expressed amazement, noting that he personally spent a week trying to crack this exact problem back in 2012.
Related event: PUMCH Neurosurgeon Proves Crouzeix's Conjecture Using ChatGPT(9 posts)→
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