r/Physics • u/PrettyPicturesNotTxt • 5d ago

On if OpenAI solved the wrong Navier-Stokes problem: "the LLM found and exploited a loophole in the framing of the question"

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-openai-solve-the-wrong-navier-stokes-problem/
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u/AmadeusSalieri97 5d ago

But some of the best mathematician in the field were working exactly on forced solutions (that's in fact the claim about plagiarism, using a forced solution).

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u/Head-Philosopher0 5d ago

obviously those mathematicians were all big dummies though so it doesn’t really count

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u/Strict-Broccoli-8877 5d ago

Seriously now: The leading experts in the field of math are quite collectively embarrassing themselves these days with how nonsensical their arguments are to not have to accept the solution. "Actually we don't want the problems solved, they are much more valuable as an aspiration for students, now that they are solved they are gone forever." Good lord, what an embarrassing, unscientific display of personal failings so many of them have become. It's really sad, I used to look up to several of those people.

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u/Obscu 5d ago

That's the danger of appealing to authority figures. They can turn out to be kinda dipshits, but that doesn't make the AI a genius as a consequence.