AI researchers predicted Millennium math problem by 2054 — OpenAI just beat it by 30 years
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-09-16
Ben Todd cites the AI Impacts survey: as recently as Dec 2024, the typical AI researcher thought AI wouldn't solve a Millennium Prize math problem until 2054. OpenAI has now announced its next-gen model produced a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem — roughly 30 years ahead of expert forecasts, a stark hit to expert timeline predictions.
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