Fields Medalist flips on AI after it solves a Millennium Problem: 'a cataclysm unlike anything mathematics has ever known'
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-09-22
A Fields Medalist's dramatic reversal:
- Four months ago, he argued LLMs weren't intelligent and understood nothing of what they say.
- Now, upon learning AI solved a Millennium math problem, he said: "I was shaken. An atmosphere of the end of history. It's a cataclysm unlike anything mathematics has ever known."
The before/after screenshots went viral on Reddit, capturing how top mathematicians are rattled by AI's rapidly advancing research capabilities.
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