AI for Humans · Friday, October 30, 2026
OpenAI published research detailing breakthroughs in math, physics, and computer science, specifically challenging the exponential time hypothesis (ETH). The hosts explain that this suggests certain complex computational limits may be solvable without a proportional increase in time.
“In computer science, there is a thing called the exponential time hypothesis. That's ETH.”
“And what OpenAI has basically said now, this is like the very entry stage to this, is that upper limit may not apply.”