Blogger's test for OpenAI's 721 math problems: if nobody talks about it in 3 months, it wasn't a big deal
wordgrammer · x · 2026-10-08
wordgrammer posts a pointed litmus test for OpenAI's headline result of solving 721 math problems on October 7: if the AI community stops mentioning it within three months, it wasn't actually a big deal — real breakthroughs keep getting referenced. A skeptical take on hype cycles around model benchmark achievements.
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