You assert a mutually-exclusive binary dichotomy:
"When AI companies find incomprehensible solutions to open problems, this either advances the field, or it does not. "
Says who? What is your proof for this drastic proposition? Why couldn't an incomprehensible solution "advance the field" in some ways and set it back in others?
Terence Tao (npub1gve…sduy)
Mark Saltveit
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2026-09-10 04:12:38 UTC
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