AI researchers said a Millennium Problem was 30 years away — two years ago
Confident_Salt_8108 · reddit · 2026-09-22
A Reddit post shares a screenshot showing AI researchers predicted two years ago that AI wouldn't solve a Millennium Prize math problem for another 30 years — a prediction now overtaken by reality. The contrast is being shared as yet another example of expert forecasts underestimating frontier AI progress.
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