Joke claim that OpenAI proved P=NP but withheld it pokes fun at its proof-search marketing

gleech · x · 2026-10-09

gleech amplified a satirical post claiming OpenAI's "skipped numbers" in its math dump secretly prove P=NP — withheld, the joke goes, because a provably efficient proof-search algorithm would undermine its proof-search-provider marketing. It's an in-joke reflecting researcher skepticism about model math claims and vendor hype, wrapped in self-deprecating commentary about alignment researchers suddenly getting attention.

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