Researcher: OpenAI's math results are 'bonkers' — labs should push it to medicine next
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-07
Researcher Afinetheorem says he has gone through OpenAI's math list and calls the results "bonkers" — big enough to be front-page news worldwide if properly understood. His strategic take: any frontier lab's #1 priority should be applying this capability as fast as possible to medicine, oncology, battery efficiency, and similar high-value domains.
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