Post #4041487
2026-07-23 15:20 UTC
RE: https://sigmoid.social/@conitzer/116969360352975674
Conitzer confirms that this is not sarcasm or a joke. He gave ChatGPT 5.6 Sol a single 300-word prompt asking it to solve a not-too-difficult but open problem of game theory, and to write a paper about it.
This it did, without further guidance, in 90 minutes.
He describes the result as being top-quality undergraduate-level work: “I would have encouraged the student to work on it just a bit more to submit it for publication somewhere.”
Ignore the name of the blog (“Funny AI Fails”). This isn't one.
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@barubary@infosec.exchange 2026-07-23 17:02
@mjd@mathstodon.xyz asking it to solve a not-too-difficult but open problem of game theory, and to write a paper about it. This it did Facts not in evidence. It apparently produced a paper, but he doesn't say it solved the problem.
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@osifisher@mathstodon.xyz 2026-07-23 15:31
@mjd@mathstodon.xyz I am starting to feel a bit nervous.