AI Models Claim to Disprove a Key Computing Theory
Last week, OpenAI and Anthropic each said one of their AI models had disproved the exponential time hypothesis. Scientists have reacted with shock and regret, given what the claim could mean for their life's work. The story raises questions about what AI can do in pure research.
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Context: The exponential time hypothesis is a long-standing conjecture in computer science about how fast certain hard problems can be solved. Proving or disproving it would reshape what researchers believe computers can do efficiently.
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