Huge context windows, not smarts, may be why AI cracked math, researcher argues
DimitrisPapail · x · 2026-10-22
Dimitris Papail argues that one key reason (though not the only one) AI fell the math benchmark is that most relevant pages fit within one or two context windows, all attended to simultaneously. He calls it humbling to realize. The attached photo shows Andrew Wiles working amid towering piles of manuscripts — a fitting contrast to brute-force context attention.
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