Even if AI solves all Millennium Prize problems, skeptics will still dismiss it
haider1 · x · 2026-09-12
The author predicts that even if AI solves all the Millennium Prize problems, people will still find ways to argue it isn't impressive or twist it to mean AI is somehow terrible. He used to believe some breakthrough would finally convince skeptics — but the reaction to the Navier-Stokes progress destroyed that notion.
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