Rumor: AI labs are sitting on major math solutions after the Navier-Stokes backlash
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-16
- RexDouglass quotes Scott Aaronson's blog relaying an unconfirmed rumor: after the hostile reception to the Navier-Stokes proof, AI companies are reportedly sitting on solutions to some very major problems until they figure out a better way to handle the response.
- The linked post, "The Age of Wonders and Terrors," traces how AI's wild prophecies — from AlphaGo to coding and reasoning agents — have come true.
- The poster jokes that mathematicians are bullying both AI shops and undergrads into stopping their math.
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