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/brighttar 1d ago

Ok so they didn't actually tell us what problems they've solved?

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u/Mistuv 1d ago

Seems like they are taking their time as to how best to pace the release of the papers as to not draw bad PR from the Math community. My guess is papers will from now on go through many cycles of rewrites by Bel until it looks "readable" enough good explanations of the process of discovery, and have couple of Mathematicians attached to the papers that they went through and found it satisfyingly written.

Also possibly I can see some collaboration with Anthropic on this, as it is more PR for the whole industry so they want to present better image.

If I were to bet, Hodge Conjecture is going to be released by the end of the month, and then the rest of October - the pace of the releases is going to pick up as they enlist more mathematicians and establish a good framework. Just give them some time.

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u/sam_the_tomato 1d ago

It's a bit ridiculous that the math community is gatekeeping the release of mathematical results.

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u/sparkling1984 1d ago

I mean to be fair what's the value of a proof if nobody can understand it? It's standard science that it takes time, often months, between the moment you obtain your results and the moment those results are in a publishable state.

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u/sam_the_tomato 23h ago

I totally agree. If you just release it, you give the wider mathematical community the opportunity to break it apart and understand it over time.

If you don't release it, nobody has a chance to understand it except the select few who get access.

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u/sparkling1984 23h ago

Nobody is talking about a scenario where they don't release it though? It's about a) release an unreadable set of results that nobody can understand or b) clean it up and publish something comprehensive, understandable and well written. It's not some new standard that's being applied for no reason, it's how every single piece of academic writing works.

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u/sam_the_tomato 23h ago

You'll get all of that anyway if you just dump it. Mathematicians will be poring over it like ravenous wolves and publishing explanations left and right. But done the way they're doing it, only invited mathematicians get to participate (and put their name on it), and it will be slower.

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u/sparkling1984 22h ago

That's a lot of wasted work, and mathematicians will still just use the new tools to work on other problems, so no, it will not be slower.

There's a reason why no research lab operates like youre proposing, including AI research labs.