About whether an LLM proving the Riemann Hypothesis would show it can reason.
Has this happened?
Yes 75 (54%)Not sure 29 (21%)No 36 (26%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether an LLM proving the Riemann Hypothesis would show it can reason.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Let's talk when we've got LLMs proving the Riemann Hypothesis (or any mathematical hypothesis) without any proofs in the training data. I'm confident in my belief that an LLM can't do that, and will never be able to. LLMs can barely solve elementary school math problems reliably.