P = NP + AI: The Joke That RL Environments Make Models Polynomial-Time Solvers
willcb · x · 2026-09-12
A witty AI-circle quip circulating on X: what if the solution to P vs. NP is simply turning the NP problem into an RL environment, with the model acting as the polynomial-time solver? Short but thought-provoking take on AI and computational complexity.
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