10,000 agents for 88 hours equal 100 PhD-years of math work
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-09
Hunter Lanier points out that 10,000 agents running for 88 hours is roughly 100 years of working time — meaning a PhD-level math agent solved a problem in the equivalent of a century, which he finds surprisingly realistic. beffjezos amplified it as 'the 100 year PhD thesis,' fueling discussion on scaled agents tackling frontier mathematics.
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