Ofir Press: AI cracked a Millennium Problem before a Billboard hit
OfirPress · x · 2026-10-19
Princeton researcher Ofir Press notes few would have predicted two years ago that AI would solve a Millennium Problem before composing a Billboard Top 100 hit. His takeaway: creativity and taste may be much harder for computers — or harder in general — than math, challenging the intuition that creative tasks are easier.
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