AI solving Navier-Stokes could trigger a 'dot-ai' boom-bust, economist jokes
mjdramstead · x · 2026-09-13
Economist Oliver Beige joked on X that if AI pulled off a "megachad" solution to the Navier-Stokes equations and triggered a dot-ai boom-bust cycle, it would be hilarious — "not something I had on my bingo card for 2026." The tweet was retweeted by prominent complexity scientist Michael Dramstead.
The quip half-seriously frames a breakthrough on the century-old fluid dynamics problem as a potential dot-com-bubble-level catalyst for capital markets.
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