OpenAI's blow to mathematicians: They have annihilated my field of research(www.lemonde.fr)
5 pointsby sieste4 hours ago2 comments
  • gnabgib4 hours ago
    You've dropped the important part of the title (OpenAI, mathematicians), and kept the clickbait.. how about: OpenAI's blow to mathematicians: 'They have annihilated my field of research'

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    • sieste4 hours ago
      I thought the context would be obvious, but you're right. I've changed it to the full title.
  • trio84534 hours ago
    I get that it's disruptive to mathematicians but I'm also wondering what people would have OpenAI do differently -

    1. Not train models to get better on certain verifiable tasks like math proofs?

    2. Train models to get better, produce groundbreaking proofs and keep the results private?

    3. ?

    • jltsiren2 hours ago
      Have people who are genuinely interested in the research they are doing. And let them polish the manuscripts to the level of clarity generally expected from publishable results.

      The vast majority of the results they have released so far have no practical value beyond marketing. And that marketing aspect didn't work too well, because they didn't understand the target audience.

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