Commenter: The OpenAI Navier-Stokes proof would be hailed as a breakthrough if posted anonymously
skdh · x · 2026-09-13
The author argues the backlash to OpenAI's Navier-Stokes proof is driven by who made it, not its content: had the same proof been dropped online by an unknown, introverted mathematician, the community would be celebrating a massive breakthrough and analyzing it, rather than writing pieces about the demise of mathematics.
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