Has OpenAI started the 'mathpocalypse'? Experts say AI's solving of iconic math problems may cause huge…
- OpenAI has solved or partially solved 372 outstanding mathematical challenges
- Some of the solutions, while clear, cannot be understood by some humans, and were produced with an internal, unreleased AI model
- Renowned mathematician Terence Tao has called for colleagues working with OpenAI to abandon their projects
OpenAI has stunned the world of advanced maths by releasing solutions and partial solutions to 372 outstanding problems that have puzzled the world’s greatest minds for decades.
Just two years ago, AI was finding it tricky to handle GCSE-level mathematical challenges. Today, it is solving problems that have taken humans years to even establish the existence of. The solutions provided, meanwhile, are considered almost as complex as the problems, and the scale – published in 722 papers – make it difficult for human mathematicians to understand and verified.
The impact of the release has prompted one of the world’s greatest mathematicians, Terence Tao, to...
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