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Re:Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale by j2kun on Thursday November 06, 2025 @12:19PM (#45837613)
Read https://www.argmin.net/p/lore-laundering-machines

Given time, we may find out that the solutions in this paper were also in the literature, as was the case in the anecdotes from the linked article :)

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Re:Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale by cantor_S_drug on Thursday November 06, 2025 @12:43PM (#45837937)
Then its utility as a best search agent is even more. It proves the statement, LLM will find the needle in the haystack if the needle exists.
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Re:Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale by j2kun on Monday November 17, 2025 @11:56AM (#45955438)
> best search agent

Except that, instead of telling you that the idea came from a particular source, it fools you into thinking it came up with the idea. In other words, it cannot be described as "search", but rather "laundering" as the article describes it.

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