Are fundamental problems still fundamental in the AI era? Two researchers clash
HerrDreyer · x · 2026-10-24
This is the original rebuttal quoted in Marcel Böhme's 'ephemeral vs eternal' thread: HerrDreyer argues problems can be fundamental in the sense of being important and challenging, and later progress doesn't retroactively make them non-fundamental.
Böhme's sharper original claim: if a problem no longer seems fundamental, it never was—true fundamental problems are technology-independent, solved once and forever, and AI doesn't render them 'less' fundamental.
Related event: Researchers debate ephemeral vs eternal research questions in the AI era(11 posts)→
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