Fields Medalist on OpenAI Math Release: All My Open Problems Claimed Proved at Once
PianistWinter8293 · reddit · 2026-10-11
Hugo Duminil-Copin, Fields Medalist (2022) and professor at IHES and the University of Geneva, shared a raw reaction to OpenAI's math announcement.
- He always expected mathematics would eventually be surpassed systematically, but the announcement hit with unexpected force: dozens of papers touch topics he was actively working on, leaving him unsure where to even look.
- Every major open problem he has publicly mentioned across his career — in talks, lectures, articles, or grant proposals — was claimed to be proved in the release. He expected a few; not all of them, not all at once, "with such nonchalance."
- The shock is immense and he feels paralyzed, but he believes the resilient math community will adapt and rethink the profession.
One of the most candid first-hand reactions from a top mathematician to AI's incursion into frontier research.
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