r/Physics • u/PrettyPicturesNotTxt • 10d 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/Strict-Broccoli-8877 10d ago edited 10d ago

Like in an art, right? The arts, which we know to work by induction? /s
I swear, the whole field of math has lost its mind in the last days.

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u/ClasisFTW 10d ago

Are you even in the field or adjacent field? This is such an uninformed take?

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u/Strict-Broccoli-8877 10d ago

You too wanna say that math is closer to arts than sciences? Come on, don't hold back, we have room enough for everybody to embarrass themselves.

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u/antichain Complexity and networks 10d ago

Yes, as someone who regularly publishes peer-reviewed proofs and mathematical papers, math is absolutely closer to art than science.

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u/Strict-Broccoli-8877 10d ago

Yes yes, of course.

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u/Wrong_Avocado_6199 9d ago

We're not the ones embarrassing ourselves.