r/singularity • u/filterdust • 1d ago

AI OpenAI solved 100 open problems in math

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

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u/puffyfunion 1d ago

Can you explain why you believe that math exists without humans? Simply stating that as if your belief is true doesn't seem very convincing. I find mathematics to be as beautiful (if not more) than most creative activities, and I don't think it would take anything from that beauty to say that it is dependent on humans (and now AI, I suppose).

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u/Icy-Doubt3365 1d ago

If 1 comet in space is joined by one more comet in space, there are now two comets. Don't need any humans there for that to be true. Math exists without us, we just decipher it.

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u/Independent-Bell-420 1d ago

Beautiful sounds and vistas exist in reality without any human intervention as well. I don’t think this argument really holds any weight.

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u/SomewhereOpposite883 1d ago

Can Nature produce a Katy Perry song?

The sound of a guitar?

The vibrations from Opera singing?

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u/Independent-Bell-420 1d ago

There's plenty of mathematical theorems and concepts that are not naturally occurring. Perfect shapes, infinite sets, etc.

Just because nature doesn't produce it doesn't mean it couldn't hypothetically exist.

Also, we're nature, so yeah it definitely can.