OpenAI says its models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis, and the people who proposed it are checking
On 26 October OpenAI said its internal models proved three results. The first is the local smoothing conjecture in every dimension, which would also settle Kakeya and Stein’s restriction conjecture. The second is a disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis. The third is a rigorous proof that quan…
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- 2026-10-27 13:21 · r/singularity
Understanding the Exponential Time Hypothesis, and OpenAI's claim that it is false - 2026-10-27 08:05 · r/singularity
Internal Claude research model also independently refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis on October 16, with 14M output tokens and no human input. - 2026-10-27 05:10 · r/OpenAI
OpenAI says its models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis, and the people who proposed it are checking