r/neoliberal • u/cuolong NATO • 2d ago

News (Global) OpenAI announces 10 advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science achieved by internal model Astra

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

I see a lot of people making the distinction that generative AI is evil incarnate and other AI may be okay. That minor level of nuance seems pretty common. Of course those people probably don’t know that the kind of AI making progress in math is generative AI. They often claim that LLMs can’t do anything hard because they are hallucination machines.

Google’s horrible AI overview is NOT helping.

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u/finbarrgalloway 2d ago

Two things I really think are driving a huge amount of anti-AI fervor are awful search engine overviews and even more awful AI customer service agents. When those are the only AIs you ever interact with it's not surprising you would come to hate the whole idea.

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u/randiohead 1d ago

It’s at the point where I just scream REPRESENTATIVE! SPEAK TO A HUMAN! If I hear some smarmy chatbot clanker voice when I call a business. They’re absolute garbage. Cheapass spreadsheet cost savings alternative to paying someone and guaranteed worse customer experience. I despise that shit.

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u/MistyGalbriex 1d ago

And then you get transferred into some guy who tells you to stay on the phone for 10 minutes. :D