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I've seen this! Following some Math and Physics subreddits it's a regular occurrence for a new submitter to come in and post some 40 pages of incomprehensible b
by pants2 11mo ago
I've seen this! Following some Math and Physics subreddits it's a regular occurrence for a new submitter to come in and post some 40 pages of incomprehensible bullshit and claim that they developed a unifying theory of physics with ChatGPT and that ChatGPT has told them it's a breakthrough in the field. Of course that used to happen regularly before LLMs but not nearly as often.
- turtletontine 11mo agoIncluding the former CEO of Uber. I’m somewhat curious what these people even think they’ve discovered, what outstanding problem they think they’ve actually solved… but I’m not curious enough to actually dig through their slop. https://gizmodo.com/billionaires-convince-themselves-ai-is-close-to-making-new-scientific-discoveries-2000629060 https://gizmodo.com/billionaires-convince-themselves-ai-is-c...
- danparsonson 11mo ago"Vibe physics" good lord... It's like reading the thoughts of a five year old - absolutely certain that they know how the world works with little or no basis in reality.
- ramraj07 11mo agoHey! you called me out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35178196 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35178196