Joke: Clay Institute might just retire the Millennium Prize if AI claims it
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-08
A repost of @pfau's quip: the funniest outcome would be the Clay Mathematics Institute retiring the $1M Millennium Prize altogether, on the grounds that no one using AI deserves it — a jab at the growing buzz around AI attacking the Navier–Stokes problem.
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