The author says AI is advancing faster than skeptics expected, and that earlier warnings about its dangers now seem more credible. He fears companies may lose control of powerful AI systems as they race to build them. He calls for strict limits on AI development, including a worldwide pause on training more powerful models.
13 Nov 2026
But at some point, I started to realize something was off. The machine kept learning things it was never supposed to learn. Today it counts those r’s without trouble (though some people still bring up the strawberry). What’s more, OpenAI recently published more than 700 papers with the solutions to hundreds of open problems in mathematics.
Scientists from around the world called the results “unreal” and “breathtaking.” They wrote of “disorientation and bewilderment,” of “grief,” “shock,” and “disgust.” Hugo Duminil-Copin, winner of the Fields Medal (the highest prize in mathematics), wrote: “The shock is immense. I am paralyzed.”