Math culture 'fundamentally incapable' of P/NP — betting on AI to break through
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-18
Quoted take: established math culture is 'fundamentally incapable' of solving the biggest open problems like P/NP, the Riemann hypothesis and the Langlands program — and it's worth risking offense to the status quo if AI progress offers a chance at solving them in our lifetime. IgorCarron shares it with the remark 'And they fall…'.
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