Making a useful product is still harder than solving a conjecture in the age of superintelligence
yunta_tsai · x · 2026-10-27
Yuntao Tsai (155K followers) offers a contrarian take: even in the age of superintelligence, building a useful product, a mesmerizing movie, and a playable AAA game remains harder than solving a mathematical conjecture — implying that combining creativity, engineering, and market validation may exceed the difficulty of purely intellect-bound research problems.
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