tszzl defends OpenAI's mass math release: truth itself is worth pursuing, no PR spin needed
tszzl · x · 2026-10-07
Responding to @mathandcobb's jab that OpenAI's plan to solve and release hundreds of math problems at once (including a claimed Navier-Stokes counterexample) looks like a PR stunt, tszzl argues the questions come from in-house researchers who were mathematicians in past lives and simply want answers — and that truth is worth sharing even with zero material payoff, brushing aside utilitarian justifications like materials science or curing cancer.
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