Mathematician slams AI benchmark craze: 'a meaningless trophy hunt'
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-09-08
Mathematician grotsen criticizes the AI community's rush to crack famous math problems, calling it "a meaningless trophy hunt" where actual problem-solving no longer matters.
He says that even a proof of the Riemann hypothesis or P≠NP would mean nothing to him unless it can be explained in a genuinely interesting way — the value lies in understanding and communication, not in claiming the trophy.
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