OpenAI theorem drop collides with researchers' work: stronger bounds but 'unreadable' proof
guyvdb · x · 2026-10-09
Researcher lreyzin found OpenAI's theorem drop overlapped with her in-progress work (done with AI help): OpenAI's bounds are better but "unreadable." guyvdb notes research is moving along a Pareto front of result strength vs understandability—being on that front is what matters.
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