Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis...
by JacobAsmuth on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:39PM
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Exactly. Maybe OpenAI paid mathematicians to keep this discovery quiet, then added their proof to the training data, then manipulated a second team into prompting for this question such that the model could regurgitate the solution. This would plausibly explain why the model seems so capable at doing things like refuting fundamental theorems of mathematics while in things like competitive programming, biology, and physics it's merely only in the top 99.9%.
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Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis...
by i_love_retros on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:15PM
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Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis...
by i_love_retros on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:34PM
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Down voted by the pro AI bot swarm! Financed by big tech!
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis...
by golol on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:02AM
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You are believing a very unlikely scenario. I think the reason is that you have been convinced of a claim which is unlikely and indeed not true. That is:
>the model seems so capable at doing things like refuting fundamental theorems of mathematics
That is not true and a complete misrepresentation of recent progress of AI in math. It is therefore not necessary to believe the conspiracy theory you described in order to explain recent progress of AI in math.
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis...
by ai_fry_ur_brain on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:52AM
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Its almost certainly a scam and you're falling for it.
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis...
by recitedropper on Thursday May 21, 2026 @07:22AM
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Thank you for engaging with my comment in a kind and authentic way.
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis...
by xigoi on Friday May 22, 2026 @01:25PM
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Being in the top 99.9% is not a big achievement.
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis...
by JacobAsmuth on Sunday May 24, 2026 @01:57PM
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I know - it's pathetic and embarrassing. If there's billions of people on this planet then being in the top 99.9% means that you're just as unique as a person who decides to move to New York City. Who cares?