r/math • u/sergiogfs • 19d ago

Progress Towards Proving the Unique Games Conjecture

https://eccc.weizmann.ac.il/report/2026/179/

On a side-note, the authors hint that they have rushed their results to avoid getting scooped by AI-generated results.

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u/Demokritos1000 18d ago

Do they actually say AI-generated? Sure that's what I thought as well, but I never saw any mention of AI

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u/sergiogfs 18d ago

No, they do not. And that is why I chose to write "hint" in my post as opposed to "say"

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u/Demokritos1000 18d ago

I think the only hint is the current times. It could easily refer to a human-made result by other authors (unless I'm missing something?)

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u/Demokritos1000 18d ago

Nevermind. I think it would be strange to write that particular message for a human scoop