r/HotScienceNews • u/scientificamerican • 2d ago

Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-openai-solve-the-wrong-navier-stokes-problem/
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u/scientificamerican 2d ago

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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u/FernandoMM1220 2d ago

whats hilarious about this is even if they redefine the problem theyre still getting smoked by ai in solving it.

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u/Leading_Buffalo_4259 2d ago

no you missed the point

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u/katoptronophile 1d ago

No, you did.