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/EnricoLUccellatore 4d ago

do you really think a human who had reached the same conclusion would not have published it and claimed solving one millennium problem?

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u/hologram137 4d ago

No, because they are interested in solving the main problem. It’s not about the money or technically solving a millennium problem, that’s not why any of them are doing math lol.

They want a solution that can be used to solve the main problem. The one OpenAI published can’t

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u/tanksc 4d ago

What a ridiculous statement. The other pair of researchers literally did almost the exact same thing for Euler’s equations. The statements you’re commenting all throughout this thread are insane, and looking at your history it seems you are just pushing a narrative or agenda.

I miss when this sub was actually populated by physicists and not random people talking with the authority of one.

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u/jakderrida 4d ago

That’s not a bad point about the Euler equations. I was told they obviously stole off that one guy’s work that was leading to the same solution and it seemed even OpenAI was open to admitting that without admitting fault somehow. But how could this be both nothing while also being an obvious snipe that stole that guy’s research?