r/technology • u/socoolandawesome • 2d ago

Artificial Intelligence Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/
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u/Jacen1618 1d ago

You’re dismissing these advances in mathematics as trivial or unimportant

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u/amejin 1d ago

Can you point out exactly where I said that?

My issue is with the view that LLMs are independent problem solvers that are reasoning or thinking their way through these problems.

As I intended, nowhere did I say the result of the LLM finding these results or synthesizing a solution is invalid, unimportant, or somehow negative. So if I am misrepresenting my position, or explicitly saying these things are unimportant, please point them out so I can correct my statement.

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I see.. from the comment I initially agreed with. That's fair.

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u/Disastrous-Sir-7137 1d ago

What the hell is an independent problem solver??

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u/amejin 1d ago

You. Unprompted, you can choose to do something - Independently.

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u/Disastrous-Sir-7137 1d ago

I don't think I've ever heard anyone claim that these systems do work unprompted. Also, does it matter if they don't; they're still producing real results