Mathematicians now have to guess if a frontier lab already solved their problem
panickssery · x · 2026-09-20
A witty observation on how fast frontier AI labs are advancing: if you're a mathematician working on a problem, you now have to estimate the likelihood that someone at a frontier lab already has the solution sitting on their computer. The tweet captures a growing sentiment among researchers that top labs have become potential "competitors" in cutting-edge fields like advanced mathematics.
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