Developing story · 2 episodes · 18 Sept to 19 Sept
AI Agents Tackle Millennium Prize Problems
The saga explores the rapid advancement of AI capabilities, highlighted by reports of OpenAI solving a complex mathematical problem using a swarm of agents. It currently stands at a point of debate, with experts questioning whether these breakthroughs signal imminent recursive self-improvement or remain isolated achievements.
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Opinion: I remain unconvinced that true recursive self‑improvement will happen soon
The author argues that the hype around rapid recursive self‑improvement (RSI) is overstated. He notes that only two frontier labs—OpenAI and Anthropic—are deploying thousands of concurrent agents,…
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OpenAI reportedly solved a Millennium Prize Problem using 10,000 agents, researcher says
In a recent podcast, OpenAI researcher Noam Brown discussed a system of about 10,000 AI agents that consumed roughly 130 billion tokens over 88 hours to tackle a Millennium Prize Problem. Brown…
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