# How A.I. Just Blew Up a Key Tenet of Computer Science

- Source: NYT > Science
- Published: 2026-11-06T10:02:05+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/science/ai-exponential-time-hypothesis.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/how-a-i-just-blew-up-a-key-tenet-of-computer-science-d03672/

A longstanding hypothesis held that some problems would always be hard for computers to solve quickly. But OpenAI disproved it — raising the possibility of radical new efficiencies.

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