Ben Golub, Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, posts about excitement over OpenAI resolving the unit distance conjecture and promises economic theory analysis in a thread.

— Gary Marcus replies labeling the post the subtle troll of the year.

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OPBG#1447Ben Golub|@BEN_GOLUB

There's a lot of excitement about OpenAI's resolution of the unit distance conjecture. In this thread I will discuss the striking applications of this result in economic theory. 1/1

3:30 AM · May 21, 2026 View on X

REPLYGM#153Gary Marcus|@GARYMARCUS

@ben_golub subtle troll of the year?

BGBen Golub@ben_golub

There's a lot of excitement about OpenAI's resolution of the unit distance conjecture. In this thread I will discuss the striking applications of this result in economic theory. 1/1

10:30 AM · May 21, 2026 · 25.9K Views

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