How big a deal is this? Claude Opus 5.5: "If these hold up, this is the biggest single day in the history of math and theoretical computer science."
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A tweet speculating on the significance of a purported Claude Opus 5.5 release, with claims that if its results hold up it could mark the biggest single day in the history of math and theoretical computer science.
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