After Navier-Stokes-level math results, even AI skeptics are now convinced AGI is here
cloneofsimo · x · 2026-09-11
Researcher cloneofsimo observes that after models resolved Navier-Stokes-level mathematical challenges, many in the AI community are internalizing that AGI is effectively here — including formerly skeptical friends. He mocks how bad people are at recognizing exponential progress: needing a Millennium Prize Problem to believe AI isn't hype.
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