Stanford theorist Omer Reingold tells senior mathematicians to stop grieving and act as LLMs crack open problems
geoffreyirving · x · 2026-09-30
Stanford theoretical computer scientist Omer Reingold argues the math/TCS community has moved past denial now that LLMs can tackle Millennium Prize Problems and FOCS/STOC open problems, and senior researchers must skip the bargaining stage and act — including pushing on alignment. Geoffrey Irving amplified the post, framing it as a call for senior mathematicians to jump straight to productive action.
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