8 years of chalkboard math, stolen by the OpenAI supercomputer — the meme
bradneuberg · x · 2026-09-08
A tongue-in-cheek AI community meme: an Anthropic researcher and an honest academic spend 8 years doing chalkboard math nearing a breakthrough, only for the OpenAI supercomputer to swoop in 'spewing toxic fumes,' steal the solution, and pave over ancient spiritual grounds — a jab at compute-driven lab competition.
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