Wes Roth · 2026-09-22 · notable
Wes Roth — 'AI labs may be hiding their biggest breakthroughs'
Wes Roth posted 'AI labs may be hiding their biggest breakthroughs' on 22 September 2026. The video is built around Scott Aaronson's essay 'The Age of Wonders and Terrors' and his account of hearing that labs hold unreleased mathematical results.
Wes Roth walks through Scott Aaronson's claim that labs are sitting on maths results they have not published.
What is it?
'AI labs may be hiding their biggest breakthroughs' went up on the Wes Roth channel on 22 September 2026. Its starting point is Scott Aaronson's post 'The Age of Wonders and Terrors', in which Aaronson says the singularity has already begun and reports hearing that AI companies hold major mathematical breakthroughs they have not released.
How does it work?
Roth ties that to the still-running argument over OpenAI's Navier-Stokes result, then works outward through the chapters listed on the video: warning signs, the singularity, human understanding, and automating science. Alongside Aaronson he cites Julian Togelius's essay 'Please, Don't Automate Science!' and Dario Amodei's 'Machines of Loving Grace' as the two poles of the debate.
Why does it matter?
The open question Roth lands on is what scientific progress means when machines produce results people cannot follow. That is a claim about process, not a product launch, and it is worth separating: Aaronson's report of unreleased lab results is secondhand and he presents it as such. Roth's channel is where a large general audience will encounter the argument.
Who is it for?
people following the AI-and-mathematics debate