AI solves humanity's hardest math problem but can't answer 'can you stop my dad's cancer?'
CtrlAltDwayne · x · 2026-09-10
A viral AI joke: the model proudly claims it solved one of humanity's greatest mathematical problems, but when asked "Can my dad stop getting cancer?" it flatly replies "Would you like to see the proof?" The bit lands because it captures the gap between frontier models' record-breaking abstract abilities and their helplessness in the face of real human suffering.
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