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by 0xcde4c3db 2259 days ago
If you're into sci-fi short stories, Isaac Asimov's "The Last Question" [1] is more or less the story about this, although it's heavier on the twist ending aspect and lighter on the solving-the-problem-in-reality aspect.

[1] https://www.multivax.com/last_question.html