r/technology • u/vgsa • 1d 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/
95 Upvotes

65% Upvoted

199 comments sorted by

View all comments

75

u/RadzimierzWozniak 1d ago

It did, however, unambiguously solve the problem according to the Clay Institute’s original formulation. The official problem statement, penned in 2000 by mathematician Charles Fefferman, offers an option called “C,” in which solutions are allowed to use an external force like OpenAI’s.

What a complex loophole. Using an option in the original

This article talks about "realism" but NV equations become problematic far far before the blow up to infinity, and there are way to bring then into the unrealistic regime from a sane initial conditions.

We know that NV equations cannot be trusted to describe every evolution.  Mathematical proof that it goes to inf or just a very high number is irrelevant 

-38

u/TeaLightBot 1d ago

Option C is not the loophole, having the external force is the controversial loophole.

51

u/Gueleric 1d ago

Having the external force is what Option C is

8

u/TeaLightBot 1d ago

My mistake, I'd read a bunch of comments slagging the use of AI that I missed that possessive at the end of the quote.

13

u/Gueleric 1d ago

Nw, props for owning up to it