[sciolist]

Is this legit? It seems weird to me that this paper has one author, from a deep-learning startup which I've never heard of before.

[thenoblesunfish]

The fact that they describe their own result as monumental raised my eyebrows. Presumably this is being peer reviewed?

[dist-epoch]

It wouldn't be the first time an unknown solves a major problem. And Othello is not exactly the Riemann hypotheses - meaning it wasn't as studied and there could be a low-hanging fruit.