Why OpenAI's claimed 3-SAT breakthrough would be a big deal, explained
micoolcho · x · 2026-10-27
A widely shared thread explains why OpenAI's claimed result (referencing a long-standing theoretical computer science conjecture) matters: 3-SAT is the canonical NP-complete puzzle where brute force explodes exponentially — a few hundred switches would take longer than the age of the universe to brute force, and decades of clever tricks all hit the same complexity wall. If a model makes a real dent in such problems, the implication goes far beyond ordinary benchmarks. The poster sharing it clarifies it's not a crypto post about ETH.
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