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30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 June 2013 07:54PM

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Comment author: Thomas 13 June 2013 05:37:36PM 1 point [-]

AI is a math problem, yes. And almost all math problems have been solved by a single person. And several math theories were also build this way. Single-headedly.

Abraham Lincoln invented another proof for Pythagorean Theorem. Excellent for a POTUS, more than most mathematicians ever accomplish. Not good enough for anything like AI.

Could be, that the AI problem is not harder than Fermat Last Theorem. Could be that it is much harder. Harder than Riemann's conjecture, maybe.

It is also possible that it is just hard enough for one dedicated (brilliant) human and will be solved suddenly.