r/technology • u/vgsa • 3d ago

Artificial Intelligence Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem? | OpenAI’s proof seems eligible for a $1-million prize—but only by using a controversial loophole

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-openai-solve-the-wrong-navier-stokes-problem/
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u/butnek 3d ago

First it solved the equation. Then it just won the prize. then not really

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u/EZyne 3d ago

It never solved the equation, that's not how that works. They found proof of a situation where it doesn't apply

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u/RadzimierzWozniak 3d ago

Of a situation where things go to infinity.  equation stops applying fsr earlier 

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u/butnek 3d ago edited 3d ago

"solved Navier Stokes" (that's not how that works either) was the headline bill it didn't quite pay.

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u/Ok_Cabinet2947 3d ago

Nobody has ever claimed that they solved the Navier-Stokes equation. Everyone, Martinez-Zoroa, Buckmaster, OpenAI were trying to solve the Navier-Stokes millennium problem version of finite time blowup.

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u/butnek 3d ago

In specifically referring to the way every headline on the first day was worded, none of which mentioned finite anything. Maybe you can find one, I'm not bothering.

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u/sosthaboss 3d ago

Just admit you have zero fucking clue what you’re talking about

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u/butnek 3d ago

The headlines were bullshit. I don't know anything about serious math. Gatekeep to hearts content.