Ex-OpenAI researcher riffs on Clay Institute: 26 years, two prizes, 'manufacturing prestige is a beautiful business'
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-12
Mathematician and ex-OpenAI researcher littmath argued the best scenario would have been the Millennium Prize never existing — it's '2 for 2 on embarrassing priority disputes,' while crediting Cordoba and Martinez-Zoroa.
Claire (suchenzang) piled on: what has the Clay Institute actually done in the 26 years since establishing those prizes, besides doling out small yearly prizes and grants? 'Manufacturing prestige is a beautiful business.' The exchange follows the ongoing AI-math priority-dispute drama.
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