LLMs are pretty good at slogging through. When will they come up with brilliant ...

chpatrick · 2026-09-04T19:31:28.000000Z

About two month ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobian_conjecture

traes · 2026-09-05T00:26:37.000000Z

We have absolutely no idea if this was a brilliant breakthrough or not. They haven't released any explanation of how it was found. A problem being old and prestigious does not mean its solution is automatically a brilliant breakthrough.

drivebyhooting · 2026-09-04T20:14:42.000000Z

That’s just a counter example I can check by hand with almost zero background.

Wiles’s proof will remain a mystery to me.

thrance · 2026-09-04T19:47:18.000000Z

Come on, you can't compare that with Wiles's proof.

chpatrick · 2026-09-04T20:29:37.000000Z

Still unsolved for 87 years.

thrance · 2026-09-04T21:46:00.000000Z

Meaningless on its own.