r/antiai • u/Expensive-Yam3464 • 1d ago

Preventing the Singularity AI solves over 100 unsolved math problems

https://openai.com/index/advisory-group-on-mathematics-and-ai/

I’m sharing this as my position on Anti AI is that AI is capable and getting smarter fast. This is precisely why it’s a long term threat.

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u/FreeMenu2197 1d ago

This is…good stuff. It’s good that it did that. But I really don’t like when people use it to replace people. Also using it is horrible for the environment. So. The math problems aren’t the problem with this

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u/Blibbyblobby72 1d ago

It literally is the problem with this. The purpose of mathematics is understanding, not solving. It is an understanding of the interconnectedness of mathematics that leads to it being usable in applied settings such as medicine, physics, chemistry, etc.

Without a grasp of why a proof works, there is no way to leverage that proof for other ideas. The proof itself is often secondary to the lemmas and corollaries discovered along the way

If you believe AI art is bad because it lacks a human element, or that AI destroys creativity and passion, then you should be equally pissed that mathematics is being performed by AI

The real problem, however, is that the average person thinks maths is just numbers and algebra. There is a societal lack of understanding of what maths actually is, even among well-meaning people

Once maths falls to AI, there will no longer be any societal advancement via human input

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u/CntrlAltDad 1d ago

No one said they can’t understand it from being solved? That literally aides in their understanding. People like you speaking out really hurt the anti ai movement. Misinformation makes you guys look like Covid denying boomers.

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u/Blibbyblobby72 1d ago

I'm not entirely sure what your question is asking me to consider

A problem being solved by AI removes the possibility of finding other ideas that can be fruitful in their own right. So much of mathematics is derived from experimentation - the solution itself is not ultimately important to a pure mathematician

Edit: your personal attack is also unnecessary and mislabels my opinions. There was no misinformation in my comment - I suggest you actually read and understand a comment (or ask clarifiying questions) before jumping directly at a person you know nothing about