Why “prize” is being discussed
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And that underestimates how incredibly quickly humans become accustomed to new trends. If an LLM proves P≠NP in year, there is a high chance that few people will care anymore, b…
by cubefox · Sep 22, 2026
> Even the Millennium Prize Problems have, in a way, become benchmarks for model companies to prove themselves Well, let them have these. They'll play around with open problems…
by renyicircle · Sep 22, 2026
Yeah, I have a really hard time buying the "AI code isn't maintainable long term" because if you look at the quality increase from January of this year to now, it's insane. We'v…
by jrflo · Sep 22, 2026
Even the Millennium Prize Problems have, in a way, become benchmarks for model companies to prove themselves. The smartest individuals among humans are becoming replaceable. Int…
by mgaldys4 · Sep 22, 2026
See also the Hutter Prize [1]. Compression is a subset of Intelligence. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutter_Prize
by ronfriedhaber · Sep 22, 2026
Yes: you can classify a test file by topic with gzip as follows: gzip -9 sports.txt testfile.txt gzip -9 politics.txt testfile.txt gzip -9 business.txt testfile.txt (ass. sports…
by jll29 · Sep 22, 2026
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A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people to recognize and reward their actions and achievements. Official prizes often involve monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with them. Some prizes are also associated with extravagant awarding ceremonies, such as the Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia