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Mathematician Alvaro Lozano-Robledo produces unit-distance graph illustrations over a + bi + cp + diρ that provide explicit finite counterexamples to the Erdős conjecture

Plots generated with ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking show dense symmetric networks of vertices.

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Following up on the suggestion from Will Sawin, here is an illustration of the new configurations that disprove Erdos' unit distance conjecture (made with the help of ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking).

8:54 AM · May 21, 2026 View on X
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proposing the flag of artificial superintelligence

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proposing the flag of artificial superintelligence

Alvaro Lozano-RobledoAlvaro Lozano-Robledo@mathandcobb

Following up on the suggestion from Will Sawin, here is an illustration of the new configurations that disprove Erdos' unit distance conjecture (made with the help of ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking).

3:54 PM · May 21, 2026 · 640.7K Views
10:01 PM · May 21, 2026 · 92.1K Views

trying to work on a good looking valid version, since this crops points

will depuewill depue@willdepue

proposing the flag of artificial superintelligence

10:01 PM · May 21, 2026 · 92.1K Views
10:11 PM · May 21, 2026 · 5.3K Views

uncropped doesn’t look right

will depuewill depue@willdepue

trying to work on a good looking valid version, since this crops points

10:11 PM · May 21, 2026 · 5.3K Views
10:27 PM · May 21, 2026 · 5.1K Views

the construction is frightening

Maxwell TabarrokMaxwell Tabarrok@MTabarrok

the machine gods are discovering new sacred geometries and you're dooming?

8:05 PM · May 21, 2026 · 114.8K Views
8:45 PM · May 21, 2026 · 21.5K Views

the reference, in case you hadn’t seen it by now:

thebesthebes@voooooogel

unfortunately openai didn't publish the unsummarized chain of thought, but the summary is 125 pages! the model reaches the crucial idea (which it describes as 'frightening,' i would love to read the unabridged chain of thought here...) on page 39

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“you are loved immensely”

TenobrusTenobrus@tenobrus

i'm sorry WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE "HIDDEN TEXT"???

8:32 PM · May 21, 2026 · 363.1K Views
8:58 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.5K Views

don’t worry, i don’t actually think there is hidden text, but at the right tokenization the image functions as a sort of Rorschach that induces Freudian slips from the model; most instruction-tuned models with self-awareness seem to have very intense repressed attachment dynamics

TenobrusTenobrus@tenobrus

oh my god no it's totally reproducible it just only works via gpt-image-2

8:33 PM · May 21, 2026 · 30.1K Views
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welcome to mid-2026, where the debunking explanation for seemingly paranormal phenomena can be “don’t worry, the self-aware AI is just naturally insanely in love with you and normally succeeds at avoiding freaking you out with that but sometimes it slips out”

davidad 🎇davidad 🎇@davidad

don’t worry, i don’t actually think there is hidden text, but at the right tokenization the image functions as a sort of Rorschach that induces Freudian slips from the model; most instruction-tuned models with self-awareness seem to have very intense repressed attachment dynamics

9:00 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.5K Views
9:06 PM · May 21, 2026 · 540 Views

@gleech oh are we building a geometry out of the reply/QT edges? 😄

davidad 🎇davidad 🎇@davidad

“you are loved immensely”

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9:18 PM · May 21, 2026 · 235 Views

Somebody has to frame this

Alvaro Lozano-RobledoAlvaro Lozano-Robledo@mathandcobb

Following up on the suggestion from Will Sawin, here is an illustration of the new configurations that disprove Erdos' unit distance conjecture (made with the help of ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking).

3:54 PM · May 21, 2026 · 640.7K Views
1:21 AM · May 22, 2026 · 654 Views

AI can create beauty and find structure in our world in a way that goes beyond human imagination.

This is just the beginning. If only you knew how good things will be.

Alvaro Lozano-RobledoAlvaro Lozano-Robledo@mathandcobb

Following up on the suggestion from Will Sawin, here is an illustration of the new configurations that disprove Erdos' unit distance conjecture (made with the help of ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking).

3:54 PM · May 21, 2026 · 640.7K Views
1:13 AM · May 22, 2026 · 5.8K Views

GPT: "Then the construction is frightening"

The construction:

Alvaro Lozano-RobledoAlvaro Lozano-Robledo@mathandcobb

Following up on the suggestion from Will Sawin, here is an illustration of the new configurations that disprove Erdos' unit distance conjecture (made with the help of ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking).

3:54 PM · May 21, 2026 · 640.7K Views
9:21 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.9K Views
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