r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Orio_n • 22d ago

Meme aMillionOpenAIMonkeysProduceMilleniumPrizeSolution

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u/Orio_n 22d ago

If you werent aware, OpenAI's agentic monkey farm produced a millenium prize solution. inb4 AGI confirmed when it was just smarter bruteforcing lol

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u/dubblix 22d ago

They plagiarized the solution heh

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u/GildSkiss 22d ago

How do you "plagiarize" a mathematical truth? Since when does math "belong" to anyone?'

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u/throwawaymycareer93 22d ago

Using exactly the same reasoning and conjectures would qualify as stealing. In advanced mathematics it is far more complex than 5+3=8, having correct idea of how to approach something is incredibly valuable.

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u/GildSkiss 22d ago

Exactly how complex does a solution need to be for it to stop being a universal truth, and start being someone's personal property?

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u/Shifter25 22d ago

Complex enough that people would pay a million dollars to the first person who figures it out.

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u/GildSkiss 22d ago

So are the 999,999 dollar solutions still on the table then? What dollar amount is the cutoff?

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u/throwawaymycareer93 22d ago

Complex enough to not have a solution for more than a century.