Ofir Press Predicts ~70% of Currently Open Math Problems Solved Within a Year
OfirPress · x · 2026-10-30
Princeton researcher Ofir Press clarified his earlier claim in a exchange with Dimitris Papailiopoulos: extrapolating from current success rates, he considers it "not wild" to predict that 70% of currently open math questions will be solved within a year — a striking capability forecast for frontier models in mathematical research.
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