How An AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy

Re:How An AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy by mrbungie on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @07:33AM (#49624748)

They represent different AI usage patterns. OpenAI wants everyone to believe that it was done with a practically autonomous network of thousands of agents with little to no human intervention for 88 hours, while Buckmaster/Alpöge were using AI in a more guided way for months. If OpenAI actually used anything from Buckmaster/Alpöge work they would be misleading the public.

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Re:How An AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy by ltononro on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @07:44AM (#49624876)

Agree! Not sure I believe that Buckmaster/Alpöge were guiding the AI. This is just their way of saying that they had something in the process and deserve merit.

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Re:How An AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy by code51 on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @07:51AM (#49624967)

So you believe they're like "solve navier-stokes make me rich make no mistakes" despite being mathematicians of top ability? Occam's Razor for sure.

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