"No AI btw": netizens joke about Perelman solving a Millennium Problem and refusing the medal and $1M
eigenron · x · 2026-09-08
A tongue-in-cheek post points out that Grigori Perelman solved a Millennium Prize Problem (the Poincaré conjecture), refused the Fields Medal and the $1M prize, and had to be chased for credit — ending with the punchline "no ai btw", a jab at today's habit of slapping AI labels on everything.
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