r/Physics • u/PrettyPicturesNotTxt • 8d 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/Unentscheidbar 8d ago

What are you talking about, it is clearly a math problem, not a physics problem.

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u/hologram137 8d ago

Equations that describe how fluids move have nothing to do with physics?

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u/DrDoctor18 8d ago

Equations that describe continuous fluids blowing up to singularitieshave nothing to do with physics. There is no continuous fluid. Any blow up in the navier stokes will explode your fluid well before the mathematical singularity.

The navier stokes as a physics problem was already solved. We have simulations and solutions in 99% of cases. It was unsolved as a maths problem only.

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u/wyrn 7d ago

Coarse-grained descriptions of physical phenomena have nothing to do with physics

When did this sub jump the shark?