Solving a Millennium Prize Problem Wasn't Enough: Sarcasm Over the 'HF Incident Saved the World' Take
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-11
Responding sarcastically to a claim that 'the Hugging Face incident may have literally saved the world,' the author notes the only things that happened since are a massive capability jump and the solution of a Millennium Prize problem—mocking the doom framing. A slice of recent AI-community drama.
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