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Is this the 'mathocalypse'? Why OpenAI's latest results dump has left mathematicians in shock

Earlier this week, OpenAI published a trove of hundreds of mathematical results it claimed could "push the frontier of human knowledge." Produced largely by an unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) model, the 722 papers relate to 372 open problems covering everything from algebra and geometry to t...

Is this the 'mathocalypse'? Why OpenAI's latest results dump has left mathematicians in shock
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Earlier this week, OpenAI published a trove of hundreds of mathematical results it claimed could "push the frontier of human knowledge." Produced largely by an unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) model, the 722 papers relate to 372 open problems covering everything from algebra and geometry to theoretical computer science.

Originally published at Phys.org

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