If OpenAI's super-intelligence can solve Navier-Stokes why can't they fix this s...

aleph_minus_one · 2026-10-17T22:16:53 1792275413

> If OpenAI's super-intelligence can solve Navier-Stokes why can't they fix this stupid bug that ate up 330GB of my Mac's disk space?

Because the former can be marketed very prestigiously, the latter hardly can.

According to https://www.briefia.fr/en/article/openai-revendique-la-resol... it is estimated that solving Navier-Stokes did cost OpenAI 40 million USD. I would bet that if OpenAI spent the same amount of money using its super-intelligence to fix this bug, this would work.

But seems not to be very economical. :-)

topaz0 · 2026-10-18T13:57:59 1792331879

The navier Stokes work was just preparation for this finite time disk usage blowup (with smooth periodic forcing)

spicyusername · 2026-10-18T04:37:18 1792298238

The term super intelligence makes me cringe so hard, you can just use the regular term.

You don't have to give any more legitimacy to Trump's inane ramblings than they already get.

mrlonglong · 2026-10-18T08:31:34 1792312294

Also insane ramblings too.

cyanydeez · 2026-10-17T20:36:20 1792269380

because they'd need to pay a real mathematician to verify the proof they claim.