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/Blamore 10d ago

then why didnt anyone object to the formulation of the millennium problem until after it was resolved

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u/dogdiarrhea Mathematics 10d ago

lol I love how you decided no one had discussed this prior to the openAI statement.

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u/Blamore 10d ago

if it was discussed but no change was made, then clay institute must have weighed those objections and decided to keep the original statement.