'Mere rumors an idea works' now suffice for AI to crack open problems
toptickcrypto · x · 2026-09-09
The poster compares AI learning that an idea can work to the moment runners broke the four-minute mile after the first one did. Quoting mikeknoop — whose team tried an approach 'because there were rumors on the internet' — the takeaway from the Navier-Stokes result is that AI is now fast and powerful enough that mere rumors of an idea working can be enough to crack major problems.
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