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16 Year old used AI to disprove professor

A 16-year-old researcher used a custom GPT-5.5 harness to disprove a case in enumerative combinatorics proposed by Professors Chan and Pak at UCLA and Rutgers in 2024. The work is detailed in arXiv paper 2607.10084, where a supervisor model directed multiple solver agents that reported findings every 90 minutes. The teenager credited Professor Chan for guidance and expressed excitement about future models.

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16 Year old used AI to disprove professor
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In 2024 Professors Chan and Pak at UCLA and Rutgers proposed a case in enumerative combinatorics. At 16 years old, I used a custom GPT-5.5 harness to disprove this case. arxiv:2607.10084 1/3

  • I used a custom harness built around GPT-5.5. A supervisor model directed several solver agents, every 90 minutes, they reported discoveries, failed approaches and remaining gaps. The supervisor then updated their instructions and redirected the search. 2/3Excited to continue working with new and better models on the frontier. Thank you to Professor Chan for the important guidance - arxiv.org/abs/2607.100843/3 - Very cool!
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