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Re:OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers by DonsDiscountGas on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:44AM (#50005168)
Apparently the write-ups are garbage (as in very hard to read). I feel like they could've had AI fix that up at least somewhat. Maybe they'll reinvest more in writing ability now.
Re:OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers by margorczynski on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:09AM (#50006013)
The write-ups are one thing and more of a cherry on top but I would say the more pressing matter is the lack of Lean formalization which means you can't really say it has been (dis)proven or not.
Re:OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers by DonsDiscountGas on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:57PM (#50009400)
I didn't check but I thought they included lean certificates. That seems like an obvious thing to do. How do we even know any of this is right?
Re:OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers by idiotsecant on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:06AM (#50005372)
I think the obscurity is a feature, not a bug. They don't want a headline where 250 of these results are invalidated overnight. They want rejections to trickle out and be buried.
Re:OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers by baobabKoodaa on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:25AM (#50005570)
Not sure why you're being downvoted, because this is exactly what I think is happening.