OpenAI claims models helped falsify the Exponential Time Hypothesis
Environmental_Mix22 · reddit · 2026-10-27
OpenAI published an update on building scientific understanding with academic communities, headlined by a striking claim: model-assisted research falsified the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH), which would invalidate many past complexity-theory results that relied on it being true. The claim awaits community verification, but showcases frontier models as active collaborators in theoretical research.
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