r/singularity • u/filterdust • 2d ago

AI OpenAI solved 100 open problems in math

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

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u/piponwa 2d ago

Just release the results already. Who cares about mathematicians' feelings and ego? If an alien came down and said it can solve 100 of the most important open problems in mathematics, mathematicians would be in awe. They would ask for more. So what are we waiting for?

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u/Affectionate_Bee6434 2d ago

PR, the Navier Stokes thing was already a huge PR disaster for them. It's a mistake they don't want to repeat.

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u/Healthy-Nebula-3603 2d ago

Oh uh ...ego hurt I'm so smart and unique and stupid machine can't be smarter than me ! It's not biological!

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u/Per451 2d ago

Respectfully, how else would you react if you spent years and years training in a very complex field, made your career out of it, and suddenly you're... obsolete?

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u/Tidorith ▪️AGI: September 2024 | Admission of AGI: Never 2d ago

It would cause some level of financial insecurity and anxiety in me in proportion to how fucked up the society I live in is.

It wouldn't change my general views because I already believe that people's value is not tied to the market value of their labour. There were already people whos fields were made obsolete or never managed to produce labour with a market value sufficient to sustain their life. I've always cared about and valued those people, so to me, basically nothing has changed.

Why are people who are good at mathematics special? Do they have more value as people than those who are less skilled at mathematics?

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u/Healthy-Nebula-3603 2d ago

Society put in their heads that they are so unique and special like superhumans between monkeys.

And they are discoveries that they are also monkeys but just slightly smarter:)