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I don’t really like AI but let’s stop kidding ourselves, no human mathematician could make progress on a dozen major open problems in a week or two. If you’re m
by GPerson 3mo ago
I don’t really like AI but let’s stop kidding ourselves, no human mathematician could make progress on a dozen major open problems in a week or two. If you’re measuring it against humans then it is by far the best mathematician to ever live.
- cmdli 3mo agoI guess it depends on how to measure a single "person"? If you spun up 2000 copies of Terrance Tao, I wouldn't be surprised if you found a few new discoveries at the end of it.
- scronkfinkle 3mo agoThe impressive/surprising thing is your premise because we effectively can spin up an army of mathematicians now
- ninkendo 3mo ago> I don’t really like AI but let’s stop kidding ourselves If I had to create a tagline to describe my opinions about AI in a single sentence, that’d be it. It’s possible to both hate AI and be impressed by it at the same time. Lying to ourselves about its capabilities does us no good. It’s emotionally difficult to do, but people need to come to grips with what’s happening and shake themselves out of a state of denial.
- nezi 3mo agoHow much investment has gone into OpenAI versus mathematics research in 2025 for example? Probably 100x? The AI results are clearly impressive. But these sorts of things are also in the ballpark of what human effort could solve given enough attention and time. Though it is hard to say.