beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMathematicians are grappling with the possibility that AI might eclipse themwww.understandingai.orgexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkMathematicians are grappling with the possibility that AI might eclipse themwww.understandingai.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoExcept this article is literally about the response to AI doing it multiple times. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/openais-math-breakthrough-played-to-ais-strengths/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ai-disproves-a-decades-old-mathematical-idea-the-biggest-conjecture-that-the-tech-has-played-a-role-in-yet-180989189/ https://patmcguinness.substack.com/p/openais-astra-tackles-mathematical The whole, “LLMs can’t do basic math,” thing is outdated.
Except this article is literally about the response to AI doing it multiple times.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/openais-math-breakthrough-played-to-ais-strengths/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ai-disproves-a-decades-old-mathematical-idea-the-biggest-conjecture-that-the-tech-has-played-a-role-in-yet-180989189/
https://patmcguinness.substack.com/p/openais-astra-tackles-mathematical
The whole, “LLMs can’t do basic math,” thing is outdated.