Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2026-10-26
Books mentioned on #503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory
Ankur Moitra, Steven Brunton and Alex Kontorovich are three mathematicians who can speak to this incredible moment in the history of mathematics, when AI solved some of its hardest problems: Navier-Stokes, the quasi-Riemann hypothesis, the unique games conjecture and hundreds of other problems.
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Anna Karenina
“So I'm reminded of the opening line for Anna Karenina. You know, every happy family is happy in the same way, and every unhappy family is unhappy in their own way.”