Simon Willison • 3/4/2026

Quoting Donald Knuth

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A blog post quotes Donald Knuth's reaction to Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 AI model solving an open problem he had been researching. He expresses shock and joy, noting the event may cause him to revise his opinions on generative AI, highlighting advances in automatic deduction and creative problem-solving by AI systems.

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Quoting Donald Knuth

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