Sabine Hossenfelder backs OpenAI claim of solving a Clay Millennium Prize problem in spat with Gary Marcus
skdh · x · 2026-09-22
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder pushed back against Gary Marcus, insisting the problem OpenAI claims to have solved is the Clay Millennium Prize problem, and called it "idiotic" that some now downplay its relevance by redefining the "real" problem. Marcus admitted it was outside his expertise and asked how the quoted passage could be wrong.
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