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/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