25 pointsby tokepi7 hours ago7 comments
  • sdenton44 hours ago
    Feels like we need a new truth-state for mathematics: "Verified-but-Unproven" for results which we know to be true through formal verification, but without any coherent proof.

    I would generally expect this state to resolve quickly to "Proven and Verified" (the tendency in mathematics historically has been for complicated first-proofs of results, followed by significant reductions in proof complexity as new tools and definitions become available), but may still be useful for assigning real credit to who/whatever produces reasonable proof for a brute-force-verified result.

  • vishna5 hours ago
    This is OpenAI’s etc version of getting unpaid internships from phd students
    • curt152 hours ago
      The announcement doesn't say that the work will be using openai tools. If anything, the events over the past two months provide strong incentive to boost the capabilities of open-weight, local models.
  • turzmo4 hours ago
    If mathematicians didn't enjoy digging their own graves with formalization before, perhaps they will enjoy digging their own unmarked, mass graves now?
    • pixl974 hours ago
      We should burn the excavators and dig holes with our hands.
  • athrowaway3z4 hours ago
    This experiment might be relevant: https://github.com/offline-ant/wiggums-proof-loop
  • 12934754 hours ago
    The authors are all in computational mathematics and AI. This is the soft power version of the OpenAI repo to get people to work for free. Maybe call it OpenOpenAI.
  • GoWaitInTheVan2 hours ago
    Have we ruled out Trisolarian involvement? IYKYK
  • lukax4 hours ago
    And now they can train on everything this community does. And with new models this community won't be needed anymore.
    • nostrebored4 hours ago
      right, and this would be a positive for the world.
      • clircle4 hours ago
        It might be a positive. It might not be. Better to have some humility about the situation.
        • greyw3 hours ago
          There are always people left behind by technological changes. Better move forward than cling to the past.
          • weknowbetter2 hours ago
            Is your implication that progress is always generally positive for the average person?
            • greyw2 hours ago
              My implication is that being left behind is worse than other choices.
      • fergonco3 hours ago
        For a world. A world some people will not be part of.
      • qwr1864 hours ago
        Yes, only Nvidia should exist. r/accelerate nutcase?