Reported $15M token bill for a $1M prize: OpenAI and the Navier-Stokes problem
lescarr · x · 2026-09-15
- Online discussion is swirling around AI reportedly solving the Navier-Stokes Millennium Problem.
- Les Carr quips that spending a reported $15,000,000 in token budget to win a $1,000,000 prize is "just business as usual for OpenAI" — the ratio, not the math breakthrough, is the joke.
Related event: OpenAI Claims 10,000 Agents Solved Navier-Stokes Problem in 88 Hours(11 posts)→
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