"Math Is Solved" Claim Sparks Pushback: Solved Problems Unlock Endless New Open Ones
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-09
- A viral post claimed "@OpenAI math is solved — it's over," prompting pushback.
- burnytech argues math in practice will never run out: complexity and difficulty form a never-ending mountain, and solved problems unlock many more open ones — citing Fermat's Last Theorem, the Weil conjectures, and the Langlands program.
- He predicts an explosion of novel results and whole "alien" theories rather than an end to mathematics.
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