Fields Medalist says OpenAI's 350 solved problems 'ran him over', wiping out his research agenda
UndeadPrs · reddit · 2026-10-09
Hugo Duminil-Copin, 2022 Fields Medalist, said OpenAI's solving of 350 major problems felt like being run over by trucks: every problem he used to cite in talks, papers, and grant applications — and the research directions behind them — has been solved. A striking first-person signal that AI is now clearing long-standing open problems in fundamental research rather than merely assisting.
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