"Give it two years": AI-math optimists and skeptics clash over brute-forceable problems
basedjensen · x · 2026-10-07
A viral exchange over AI's impact on math: RBehiel argues AI is just clearing the debris and low-hanging fruit, and that within two years all brute-forceable problems will be solved, leaving math "back to normal, just with more powerful tools." Michael Druggan mocked the take as unprecedented cope. The thread captures the divide between AI-math optimists and skeptics.
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