Scott Aaronson: labs are sitting on solutions to 'very major problems'
spryes · reddit · 2026-09-16
Scott Aaronson writes that AI labs, "having been burned by the hostile response to the Navier-Stokes proof, are now sitting on solutions to some very major problems until they figure out a better way to handle things." The blog post discusses the backlash risks and disclosure dilemmas labs face when announcing major mathematical or technical breakthroughs — implying unannounced significant results may already exist.
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