alt Hacker NewsThey literally stopped just clear of actually solving it.
It literally couldn't have done it without tools, so your claim is not even relevant to this discussion.
They also pumped millions into searching for the lowest hanging fruit that would impress people like you, "hm I wonder how many millions they are pumping into solving actually useful problems like climate change or something".
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> the lowest hanging fruit that would impress people like you
I am also prepared to be included in the set of people who are (apparently) easily impressed.
It's a problem that has been around for getting on for two centuries and no human has been able to solve it in that time (despite there being a $1 million prize and a lot of kudos on offer for the past quarter-century).
I mean.. the fact that the "low-hanging fruit" is a Millennium Prize is still pretty impressive.
(And yes, I know that they solved the 'easy' form of the NS problem. It's still pretty damn impressive)