2026-09-09 03:06 UTC
@nilesh@fosstodon.org @tao@mathstodon.xyz I'm seeing reporting of $15m ( https://www.newscientist.com/article/2588063-openai-has-solved-the-navier-stokes-millennium-problem-using-15m-of-ai-effort/ ), though I haven't had time to check the sources. A wild amount of money to burn in a weekend.
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@nilesh@fosstodon.org 2026-09-11 01:53
@drScott@mathstodon.xyz @nilesh@fosstodon.org @tao@mathstodon.xyz If AI math is too expensive, it enables scooping. If AI math becomes too cheap and thus, widely accessible like calculators and laptops, then scooping would be reduced (because everyone would check their ideas with AI before sharing) but then public's incentive for funding human curiosity comes under threat, because our current metrics and systems are designed around solutions, not insights.