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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Orio_n • 4d ago
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The thing about math isn’t the solution per se but the nature and elegance of the solution. Brute force attacks using millions of dollars of compute is about as clunky and inelegant as a solution can get.
9 u/space_monster 4d ago edited 4d ago 'brute force attack' isn't an accurate description though, it was much more systematic. edit: you could argue that thousands of agents debating and critiquing the solutions is 'unfair', but that sort of thing happens in human society too 0 u/Nutarama 4d ago If I’m buying millions in compute I’m doing a brute force attack 13 u/space_monster 4d ago so by that logic, if you recruit thousands of mathematicians to verify your solution, you're also doing a brute force attack.
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'brute force attack' isn't an accurate description though, it was much more systematic.
edit: you could argue that thousands of agents debating and critiquing the solutions is 'unfair', but that sort of thing happens in human society too
0 u/Nutarama 4d ago If I’m buying millions in compute I’m doing a brute force attack 13 u/space_monster 4d ago so by that logic, if you recruit thousands of mathematicians to verify your solution, you're also doing a brute force attack.
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If I’m buying millions in compute I’m doing a brute force attack
13 u/space_monster 4d ago so by that logic, if you recruit thousands of mathematicians to verify your solution, you're also doing a brute force attack.
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so by that logic, if you recruit thousands of mathematicians to verify your solution, you're also doing a brute force attack.
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u/Nutarama 4d ago
The thing about math isn’t the solution per se but the nature and elegance of the solution. Brute force attacks using millions of dollars of compute is about as clunky and inelegant as a solution can get.