beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · il y a 1 jourMathematicians are grappling with the possibility that AI might eclipse themwww.understandingai.orgexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up154file-text
arrow-up154external-linkMathematicians are grappling with the possibility that AI might eclipse themwww.understandingai.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · il y a 1 jourmessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·il y a 22 heuresFinding a proof is different than solving a math problem.
minus-square8baanknexer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 2 heuresHow so? Particularly in intuitionist logic it would seem to me that they are the same thing.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·il y a 19 heuresYou’re right. The first is way harder and requires being able to do the second. Which it can’t.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-2il y a 17 heuresExcept 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https://patmcguinness.substack.com/p/openais-astra-tackles-mathematical The whole, “LLMs can’t do basic math,” thing is outdated.
Finding a proof is different than solving a math problem.
How so? Particularly in intuitionist logic it would seem to me that they are the same thing.
You’re right. The first is way harder and requires being able to do the second. Which it can’t.
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The whole, “LLMs can’t do basic math,” thing is outdated.