Scott Aaronson says that labs, "having been burned by the hostile response to the Navier-Stokes proof, are now sitting on solutions to some very major problems until they figure out a better way to handle things"

This story is from 2026-09-15. It is preserved in the archive; the latest stories are on the live feed.

Coverage of "Scott Aaronson says that labs, "having been burned by the hostile response to the Navier-Stokes proof, are now sitting on solutions to some very major problems until they figure out a better way to handle things"" from 3 sources, with a live timeline of who reported what and when.

Read the full story at r/singularity ↗

Timeline · 3 reports

1. 2026-09-16 05:13 · r/singularity
   Scott Aaronson writes on his blog tonight that he has heard rumors that the AI companies have reached solutions to some very longstanding open problems in theoretical computer science, and are now sitting on multiple major announcements because of the Navier-Stokes firestorm.
2. 2026-09-16 01:07 · r/ArtificialInteligence
   Quantum computing researcher and Chair of CS at the UTexas at Austin: “I’m told that the AI companies, having been burned by the hostile response to the Navier-Stokes proof, are now sitting on solutions to some very major problems until they figure out a better way to handle things”
3. 2026-09-15 20:21 · r/singularity
   Scott Aaronson says that labs, "having been burned by the hostile response to the Navier-Stokes proof, are now sitting on solutions to some very major problems until they figure out a better way to handle things"