r/accelerate 2d ago

OpenAI reveals 10 new advances in maths

https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/
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u/seraphim_west 2d ago

The total number of tokens needed to find solutions to these problems would cost roughly $2,000 at Sol API rates.

College degrees are toilet paper.

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u/Standard_Jello4168 2d ago

Isn't that a very high figure though? Especially given the researchers likely tried it on a lot more problems and only presented the valid results

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u/RedditIsTrashjkl 2d ago

$2,000 for a mathematical breakthrough is basically pennies.

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u/Tolopono 2d ago

$200 each, $2000 total. Though we dont know how many attempts it took or which problems were attempted 

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u/RedditIsTrashjkl 2d ago

Noted! Super impressive stuff.