4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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The speaker believes a model like GPT-6 Astra is technically capable of producing proofs for very difficult problems if it is given the right information.

Alex Zhang · Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT · 2 Oct 2026

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“like a harness is not that necessary for what they did the way that i would put this is that i think a model like a gpc6 astra type thing is technically smart enough conditioned on the right information to come up with a proof for these very very difficult problems now how you get to that”
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