Aaronson rumor: AI companies may have solved longstanding open problems in theoretical CS
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-09-16
Scott Aaronson writes that he has heard rumors AI companies have reached solutions to some longstanding open problems in theoretical computer science, and are sitting on multiple major announcements because of the Navier-Stokes firestorm. Commenters muse we may be missing the universe's secrets over credit and timing concerns.
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