From 'crackpot' to plausible: AI solving Navier-Stokes flipped in months
EigenGender · x · 2026-09-09
EigenGender notes the dramatic reversal: in December, the idea of an AI model solving Navier-Stokes was an absurd claim that made its proponent look like a crackpot — now it's seriously discussed, reflecting how fast expectations of frontier model research capability have been re-rated.
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