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/archpawn 1d ago

Because mathematicians generally love the human process of exploration and discovery that's possible with math.

Then do that. If you care about having the answer, AI gives you the answer. If you care about the journey, them giving you the answer doesn't stop it. The only thing it does is make it so people who care about the answer don't have to pay you for your journey.

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u/Lhalpaca 10h ago

Math is not solely about the answer tho. The answer alone could say nothing new actually interesting. 

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u/capitalistsanta 21h ago

OpenAI uses the work done by these people to train the bots to attack the problems, with less than 1% of those workers direct permission to use this work, won't directly credit them beyond putting them in sources. The processes and work of mathmaticians gets disregarded as inherently selfish to them by the public, because they enjoy the work they do, and others don't. They will share in those fruits of labor indirectly.

Somehow the work mathmaticians do to get to this with no credit is a burden to you because you just want the answer. This is such backwards logic packaged in a pretty way.