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I'm a fan of deepmind and all, but this story has been way overblown based on what I saw in the actual code. There's nothing particularly new about mathematicia
by meiji163 5y ago
I'm a fan of deepmind and all, but this story has been way overblown based on what I saw in the actual code. There's nothing particularly new about mathematicians using computers to investigate and make conjectures, even if you add ML into it.
- jimsimmons 5y agoAs is typical in most AI coverage. The amount of white lies and fake news in scientific journalism is insane
- tbrake 5y ago> but this story has been way overblown based on what I saw in the actual code. Could you expand on this? What code did you see, where, and doing what? Were you part of this team? > There's nothing particularly new about mathematicians using computers to investigate and make conjectures, even if you add ML into it. I think you're being needlessly reductive here. The article itself explicitly states that "using computers" is not what's new.
- turnersr 5y agoHere's the code https://github.com/deepmind/mathematics_conjectures/blob/main/knot_theory.ipynb https://github.com/deepmind/mathematics_conjectures/blob/mai...