
Did AI Just “Solve” Math? (Let’s Take a Closer Look) | AI Reality Check
Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2026 · 32 min
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Shownotes
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia
() Did AI just “solve” math?
() What OpenAI did
() Question #1 - Is this result that important?
() Question #2 - Does this mean LLMs are now smarter than human mathematicians?
() Question #3 - Does this mean all equally hard challenges will now be conquered by AI?
() Question #4 - What is the future of math?
() Concluding thoughts
Links:
Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow
openai.com/index/model-disproves-discrete-geom…
youtube.com/watch?v=Br4l9YjCyRU
x.com/PeterDiamandis/status/2058956956077871275
cdn.openai.com/pdf/74c24085-19b0-4534-9c90-465…
Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.
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