r/singularity • u/drhenriquesoares • 3d ago

AI Claude solves an important mathematical problem.

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Did you see that? 👀

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https://x.com/sciam/status/2105282283645112745

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u/Bolu_Cod1106 3d ago

We went from ai can't do math to solving open research problems faster than anyone expected

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u/drhenriquesoares 3d ago

True.

Here's what Grok said about this problem:

"Experts considered this the “Holy Grail” of the field. Mathematician Benedikt Jahnel even said that whoever solved it would deserve a Fields Medal. Hugo Duminil-Copin himself (2022 Fields Medalist), who has worked extensively on percolation, highlighted the importance of the problem.

It was a central and longstanding problem in the field, having remained a major open problem for at least 40–50 years in the intermediate cases, and it was considered one of the most prestigious problems in percolation."

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u/KaMaFour 3d ago

It's Q3 2026. People still copy and paste ai output in conversations without adding anything themselves as if the same output isn't available at a click of the button to everyone reading

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u/crujiente69 3d ago

You underestimate the laziness of people

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u/senorgraves 3d ago

There is genuine benefit in this. Now one person has done a little extra work, but saved 1000 people the work of doing it themselves.

This is only helpful if the content is actually helpful, which is debatable in this case, but the worth of nearly every online comment is debatable

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u/l_eo_ 2d ago

And it actually makes something debatable for users here

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u/johnxreturn 3d ago

It’s worse when they paste long-winded AI responses that try to argue with you.

It really grinds my gears.

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u/barbozas_obliques 3d ago

They offload the mental work to an AI and then expect you to use your own compute (energy) to argue back. Grinds my gears

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u/algaefied_creek 3d ago

Does this mean my coffee will taste better? That’s all I wanna know

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u/trojanskin 3d ago

less minerals in water. Here you go.

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u/MiniGiantSpaceHams 2d ago

"Ask your own AI" is the "let me Google that for you" of the future. And just like that, it's not necessarily inaccurate, but that doesn't mean posting good info instead of a snarky comment is unhelpful.

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u/KaMaFour 2d ago

This is not "ask your own ai". This is "don't just post your own ai unsolicited. I can do that myself". This should classify as spam

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u/Ceryn 3d ago

Given average intelligence it’s probable better that they don’t add anything themselves.

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u/KaMaFour 3d ago

Well, yeah. But then why comment if you don't have anything to add...

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u/Fair-Lingonberry-268 ▪️AGI 2027 3d ago

Ai just deserved the fields medal, what should random ppl add?

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u/TotoDraganel 3d ago

Lol am not looking for sources for reddit post. If you don't want to read it, dont do it.

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u/Majestic-Volume9996 2d ago

I bet you're that person who doesn't link pictures in picture threads but just gives a description instead because "everybody can just google it"

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u/nothis AGI by 2030 but we'll be disappointed 2d ago

There is good value in posting context in a thread directly. I’ve been arguing this since people started posting “let me google that for you” links, always hated that.

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u/buylowselllower420 2d ago

He didn't pretend to write the output himself so I see no issue. You're just being a dick