"If AI solves two more Millennium Problems, I'll record myself quitting my job"
Head-Needleworker849 · reddit · 2026-09-10
A Reddit user publicly vows to record himself quitting his corporate job if AI solves two more Millennium Prize Problems. His reasoning: novel math is his red line — an AI ripping through open math problems would effectively mean ASI, since real-world actuators (robots) are 'not difficult' after that. He argues math is universally (even 'multiverse-ally') true, so an AI dominant in math is already objectively correct, and envisions a future ASI strip-mining Earth to visit a black hole and test its own theory of relativity. Peak AGI-anxiety posting: prefer enjoying humanity's last years and thinking about alignment over a 'stupid useless corporate job.'
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