Mathematician Tony Feng: current AI is not robustly superhuman yet
littmath · x · 2026-09-16
Responding to Szegedy's essay on adapting mathematics to capable AI, Tony Feng stresses the premise is hypothetical: even a Navier-Stokes solution wouldn't make current AI robustly superhuman, especially at asking questions. He suggests making PhD defenses rigorous as a first step.
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