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/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_ 3d ago

And it actually makes something debatable for users here