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It kind of reminds me of Clay Shirky's predictions about the influence of the internet on society from a few decades ago. To paraphrase what he said: when the printing press was…
by vanderZwan · Sep 13, 2026
No-one cares anymore, OpenAI does not care about the prize either or whatever the Clay institute has to say for that matter. It's about attention, capital and compute. If you ca…
by augment_me · Sep 12, 2026
> And the judgement that they did it is independent of whether the Clay people agree: you can make up your own mind and so can everyone else. No I cannot, and I'd argue most peo…
by Aissen · Sep 12, 2026
Clay will award the prize (or choose to not award it) when there is an expert consensus that the problem has been solved and the solution is correct. The rules merely state what…
by jltsiren · Sep 12, 2026
I mean if it's impossible to prove then the bet is still valid right ? The Clay institute won't be giving out any prize still in that case.
by famouswaffles · Sep 12, 2026
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Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals. Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impurities, such as a reddish or brownish colour from small amounts of iron oxide. Read more on Wikipedia