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Re:FunSearch: Making new discoveries in mathematical science... by riku_iki on Thursday December 14, 2023 @03:18PM (#38646697)
> An LLM can discover a new solution in high dimensional geometry that hasn’t advanced in 20 years!?

LLM + brute force.

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Re:FunSearch: Making new discoveries in mathematical science... by dougmwne on Thursday December 14, 2023 @04:44PM (#38647713)
And that not only created a human interpretable method, but beat out 20 years of mathematicians working on a high profile open question.

Who’s to say our brains themselves aren’t brute force solution searchers?

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Re:FunSearch: Making new discoveries in mathematical science... by riku_iki on Thursday December 14, 2023 @05:25PM (#38648198)
> Who’s to say our brains themselves aren’t brute force solution searchers?

yes, its just much slower (many trillions times) for numbers crunching.

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