{
  "id": 11069066,
  "title": "The AI folks don't seem to understand intelligence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/the-ai-folks-dont-seem-to-understand-intelligence",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-01T00:52:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/20261001/the-ai-folks-dont-seem-to-understand-intelligence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Three years after OpenAI claimed its models excelled at elementary mathematics, the company declared they had cracked the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem in just 88 hours. This feat, which had confounded the world's most brilliant mathematicians since the 1930s, sparked both optimism and fear surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, believes AI will eradicate all diseases, while concerns exist that a malicious AI could pose a threat to humanity.\n\nSanta Fe Institute scientists Melanie Mitchell and David Krakauer characterized AI's mantra as \"Scale is all you need.\" This suggests that the key to AI's improvement lies in larger training sets and more powerful computing resources. Altman's optimistic outlook and the accompanying hopes and fears are based on the assumption that intelligence is the only crucial factor. If one is intelligent enough, they can cure cancer—or even bring about humanity's destruction.\n\nHowever, power and intelligence do not operate in such a simplistic manner. Anthropic PBC claims that its AI model, Claude, already writes over 80 percent of the code merged by its engineers. This development underscores the growing capabilities of AI, but it also highlights that intelligence is merely one component among many factors that determine success and potential risks.",
  "summary": "Just three years after OpenAI said its models were good at grade-school math, the company announced they had solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem in 88 hours, something that had stumped humanity’s greatest mathematical minds since the 1930s. Project that trend forward and you see why OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman thinks artificial intelligence (AI) will cure all diseases…",
  "key_points": [
    "OpenAI claims to solve Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem in 88 hours",
    "AI experts Melanie Mitchell and David Krakauer critique \"Scale is all you need\"",
    "Anthropic's Claude writes 80% of code merged by engineers"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The notion that intelligence alone guarantees success or safety in AI overlooks other crucial factors, as evidenced by the distinction between Anthropic's coding capabilities and actual engineering application.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "The AI folks don't seem to understand intelligence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/the-ai-folks-dont-seem-to-understand-intelligence-11072489",
        "published": "2026-10-01T01:12:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}