One can only hope. This would lead to great efficiency in aircraft flight, HVAC, and many other industrial areas. Besides, as a creation of "AI", the solution wouldn't be copyrightable or patentable! We would all reap the benefits!

I'm hoping! And hedging my real-money options with play money bets

whats the significance of this? is there new information that suggests this may occur?

deepmind recently posted a paper that took a step towards solving it. there’s general hype on twitter that they’ll release a solution alongside gemini 3 this week. https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3473272279865732

I am not sure if I am pessimistic about the prospect of it being solved by an AI, or optimistic at the prospect of it being solved at all and what it entails.