Solving conjectures a 'pissing match'? AI labs' math announcements spark banter
ChrSzegedy · x · 2026-09-22
DeepMind researcher Christian Szegedy pushed back on Markus Rabe, who argued AI labs should focus on problems they genuinely care about; recent math announcements are justified as capability milestones, but future ones risk becoming a pissing match. Szegedy joked that solving long-standing conjectures now counts as one.
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