Mathematicians Are Mad at OpenAI's Millennium Problem Push — What Would Responsible Use Look Like?
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-14
Economist Paul Novosad opens a discussion: mathematicians are upset about how OpenAI went after math solutions (Millennium Problems). The real questions — if mathematicians were in charge, what would they have done differently, and what counts as responsible use of AI if you care about the field? He argues the answer can't simply be "never ask it to solve a Millennium problem," and frames this as a template for how the next set of fields should think as AI comes knocking.
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