'An 80-Year-Unsolved Math Problem Solved by AI Is a New Idea' — But Does That Make AGI?
therealkamba · x · 2026-09-08
@therealkamba weighs in on the AGI debate: even if you argue AI solved the problem via much faster pattern recognition, it is still a new idea — and a problem unsolved for 80 years despite many attempts is strong evidence of new idea generation. He concedes it doesn't yet make AGI, but argues 'we'll get to AGI eventually, with a new idea.' Opponents counter that solving the problem still doesn't constitute AGI.
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