Skepticism Grows Over AI Labs' Unverified Math Breakthrough Claims
PAstynome · x · 2026-09-24
Responding to the idea of AI companies becoming Bell Labs-style R&D houses siccing agents on 'solvable but tedious' problems, this post pushes back: math proofs can take a year or more to verify, and the author is tired of AI companies making claims without peer review or independent verification.
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