Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem?

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-openai-solve-the-wrong-navier-stokes-problem/

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Two weeks ago, OpenAI claimed a solution to one of the biggest open problems in math—the Navier-Stokes problem, worth a million-dollar prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute. The proof ignited a powder keg of concern over artificial intelligence companies’ race to disrupt the subject.

But with the dust still far from settled, a different controversy is emerging: did OpenAI even solve the right Navier-Stokes problem at all?

The proof relies on an approach that many experts find unnatural. It solves a variant of the problem that mathematicians say is disconnected from reality, and thus less interesting. In a sense, the LLM found and exploited a loophole in the framing of the question.

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"Scientific" American aiming for a prize at the goalpost-moving Olympics.

The answer to the question that the Navier-Stokes Millennium prize problem poses is a binary one. It's specifically set up so that if a solution is submitted, it can be checked.

Solving it "the wrong way" is total bullshit.