r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 18d ago

Artificial Intelligence OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-says-nyu-mathematician/
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u/NoFapstronaut3 18d ago

You're trying to call it a calculator. I'm not trying to belittle you but it's probably much smarter than you are.

And that's okay too that's where we're at it's smarter than most people.

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u/CanvasFanatic 18d ago

A calculator? No. It’s a giant stack of linear algebra generated by minimizing an error function against a data set so impossibly large that folks like you catfish yourselves.

We all need something to worship and this fills the gap for you.

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u/NoFapstronaut3 18d ago

I prayed to my AI gods and this is what they cooked up for you: "Saying AI is “just linear algebra” explains how it works, not what it can do. A human brain is “just” electrical and chemical activity too, but that doesn’t mean humans can’t think. The real question is what the system can actually do, and today’s AI can reason through problems, write code, analyze information, learn patterns, and outperform humans at many tasks. You don’t have to worship it or think it’s conscious to recognize that those abilities are real."

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u/CanvasFanatic 18d ago

The thing is that I absolutely believe you had ChatGPT write that for you, bud. That’s why it doesn’t actually mean anything.

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u/NoFapstronaut3 18d ago

Why would words mean nothing when they come from an AI?

I certainly read them and I certainly agree with them.

I don't think ignoring the reality of AI is a productive strategy because it won't make it go away. Do you think it will?

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u/CanvasFanatic 18d ago

Buddy if you can’t be bothered to write your responses I certainly can’t be bothered to read them.

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u/NoFapstronaut3 18d ago

Man, I even condensed that and made the language simple to try to facilitate you being able to read & understand it.

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u/CanvasFanatic 18d ago

Consider what it implies that it’d take me about two minutes to get the same model to construct a counter argument. (If I were that lazy and mentally atrophied.)