The Open Problem
October 27, 2026
OpenAI says its AI solved three great open problems in maths, and Hoot notes experts are still checking; Preston wants Featherweight to crack its own great open problem; Gus's AI ran all night on who keeps breaking the build, which Preston hails as their first discovery; Hoot asks the answer; Gus: 'Forty pages. It's me. Pending peer review.'
Starring Preston, Dr. Hoot, Gus
Transcript
- Panel 1
- Preston: OpenAI's AI just solved three great open problems in maths.
- Dr. Hoot: It claims to. Experts are still checking.
- Panel 2
- Preston: Then Featherweight will crack our own… great open problem.
- Dr. Hoot: Which one?
- Panel 3
- Gus: Mine ran all night on who keeps breaking the build!
- Preston: Our first… discovery.
- Panel 4
- Dr. Hoot: And the answer?
- Gus: Forty pages. It's me. Pending peer review.
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