Ernest Ryu
Applied mathematician and researcher who was a UCLA math professor and worked on optimization and machine learning theory, who recently joined OpenAI and used AI to help solve open problems in optimization.
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Apr 28, 2026 • 43min
Episode 17 - What happens now that AI is good at math?
Sébastien Bubeck, a mathematician-turned-AI researcher, and Ernest Ryu, an applied mathematician who used AI to crack a long-standing optimization problem, discuss AI’s leap in mathematical ability. They talk about models solving deep research problems, automating long research workflows, literature search versus original discovery, and risks of shallow understanding.
Apr 28, 2026 • 43min
Episode 17 - What happens now that AI is good at math?
Ernest Ryu, applied mathematician who used ChatGPT to help solve a 42-year-old problem, and Sébastien Bubeck, OpenAI researcher bridging math and ML. They discuss how AI leapt from basic arithmetic to research-level math. They talk about using models for long workflows, automating research, literature search, verification, and the risks of shallow understanding.
