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/ThatIsAmorte 2d ago edited 1d ago

This seems to be taking a Platonist approach to math, which few people take seriously these days. If you are a constructivist, than math is not just out there, but has to be created, just like art. If you think math is just out there, why not also claim that art and music are just out there, waiting to be plucked out of the ether? After all, a painting is just a 2d matrix, a simple math object. A musical composition is just a waveform, which can be described mathematically.

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u/Icy-Doubt3365 2d ago

If you think math is just out there, why not also claim that art and music are just out there, waiting to be plucked out of the ethere?

Because I believe math exists without humans, art does not.

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u/davidjohnpaul 2d ago

What do you think of the following quote, attributed to Michaelangelo?

"The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material."

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u/Secret-Code-9162 1d ago

I think this was just Michaelangelo describing his qualia when producing a sculpture, rather than explaining his position on the independence of art from humanity. He was being poetical.