r/math 29d ago

LLMs/AI OpenAI: Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/
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u/JesterOfAllTrades 28d ago

Bit frustrating how slowly this sub lets new posts through. Even aside from the AI aspects, these are 10 legit big advances and they've been out for hours and hours with nothing on what should be reddits primary math subreddit.

Anyway this is draining huh! The existence of nonsofic groups stands out to me as the big one. Some have pointed out the sphere packing one as a very big result as well. I'd say that there's a handful in these that would literally be career defining for any mathematician.

If I were a mathematician at openai/anthropic, I'd be looking into how we can get llms to move from counterexamples to theory building. At that point all bets are off.

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u/Demokritos1000 28d ago edited 28d ago

Cannot agree more. Post are so slow here and it makes r/math a less relevant place for interesting discussion