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OpenAI Made History. Nobody Understands It.

November 5, 2026 · 11 min

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OpenAI says its AI solved one of the hardest problems in math. It’s a $1 million problem about how water moves, and nobody had solved it in 90 years. But two months later, nobody fully understands the answer. Not the mathematicians checking it, and not even OpenAI. 0:00 Intro 1:16 Can Water Explode? 2:38 The Spoon 3:51 Eighty-Eight Hours 6:09 Nobody Understands It 7:28 The Flood 8:10 What It Means 9:46 My take Voice: my real voice Tristan Buckmaster’s account of his meeting with OpenAI is his own. Sébastien Bubeck disputes it. Reporting drawn from Quanta Magazine, Scientific American, Science, The Conversation, TechCrunch, Tufts Daily, OpenAI, the Clay Mathematics Institute, arXiv and Terence Tao’s blog. Footage used for commentary and documentary purposes: New Scientist, Bloomberg Odd Lots, Institute for Advanced Study, Dwarkesh Podcast, CNBC, Sky News, Science Friday / WNYC Studios, Global News, Numberphile, World Science Festival, Quanta Magazine, RTVE, Real Academia de Ciencias, Clay Mathematics Institute, Cambridge University, NASA, NASA Goddard, Wikimedia Commons. Social X - https://x.com/davelee Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dave-lee-on-investing/id1493031991 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2iin015s0k21Bt4ldep9XT?si=uBV4Ft8hQEu_GE4YSIDDGg Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heydave7 Dave Lee on Parenting, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWD9b1BZqi2G2u30sGYIFrA NOTE: Please don’t fall for scammers who might impersonate me or others in the comment section. I do NOT give out my number or ask people to contact me. 💁🏻‍♂️ Disclaimer: All content on this channel is for discussion and illustrative purposes only and should not be construed as professional financial advice or recommendation to buy or sell any securities. Should you need such advice, consult a licensed financial or tax advisor. All views expressed are personal opinion as of date of recording and are subject to change without responsibility to update views. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of information on this channel. Neither host or guests can be held responsible for any direct or incidental loss incurred by applying any of the information offered. Author is long TSLA and other stocks at time of original video publish date.

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