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Lex Fridman Podcast · 2026-10-26 · 223 min · 39,947 words

#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory

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All right, so this is a kind of emergency. Episode. I think it's fair to say about the state of mathematics and uh artificial intelligence. Um A kind of crisis moment.

in the history of mathematics. Over the last few weeks, machines claimed to have solved some of the hardest problems in the history of math. Navier Stokes, the quasi Riemann hypothesis, the unique games conjecture. and uh hundreds of other results. So Here with me.

We have uh Steven uh Brunton, who's a mathematician, flu dynamics expert at University of Washington. Who can speak to Navier Stokes, turbulence? all things fluid and many other topics. Also here's uh Ancora Moycha. uh mathematician and theoretical computer scientist at MIT, visiting uh Institute uh for advanced studies in Princeton this year. Who can speak to many things.

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