Two years ago researchers said AI was 30 years from solving a Millennium math problem
Confident_Salt_8108 · reddit · 2026-09-23
A Reddit post shares a chart showing that roughly two years ago, AI researchers estimated it would take about 30 years for AI to solve a Millennium Prize math problem — a timeline that has since been dramatically beaten. The chart contrasts expert forecasts with actual AI progress, another example of expert timelines consistently underestimating AI capabilities.
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