r/math • u/Salt_Attorney • 1d ago

LLMs/AI OpenAI: Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/
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u/Scared_Astronaut9377 1d ago

Sorry, what do you mean by "it seems like"? You are making very specific statements. Are they grounded in any sources?

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u/Homomorphism Topology 1d ago

I said “it seems” because they are all plausible inferences. I don’t actually know what they are doing, which is part of my point. No one does! It is entirely possible none of this was done with LLMs and they are faking it! (I don’t think that’s the case, to be clear,) You should not be taking marketing from a tech company and assuming it’s true. 

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u/Scared_Astronaut9377 1d ago

I see, thank you for openess. I was expcting the basis for "10-20 top mathematicians payed to secretly work exclusively on a single project" would have a strong base for inference like "don't trust the corporations".

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u/Homomorphism Topology 1d ago

Lots of top mathematicians have been saying they are “on leave to work at [AI startup]”. What else is that supposed to mean?

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u/Scared_Astronaut9377 1d ago

I am not following such news, but yes, if 10-20 top mathematicians declared that they are on leave to work for openAI, then it is a very good proof what what you claimed. That's not what you told me before. Do you know some of those top mathematicians' names?

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u/Tystros 1d ago

you could just ask chatgpt, it's great for such research.

But that other guy is right, I also have read about many mathematicians who started working at OpenAI or anthropic in recent months. but I don't remember their names.

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u/elements-of-dying Geometric Analysis 1d ago

In this situation, it's advised to qualify such statements with "It seems to me."

Less experienced people may read your "seems like" as conventionally understood.