Sam Altman Says Humanity Is 'Entering a New Era of Discovery' as AI Cracks Harder Math
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-07
Sam Altman declared that humanity is "entering a new era of discovery" as AI makes progress on increasingly difficult mathematical problems, per Polymarket. The remark continues his bullish framing of frontier models' rapidly improving reasoning and math capabilities.
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