@YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems
2026-10-09 18:50 UTC
I think the problem, from a layman’s perspective, is that it wasn’t until the mathematicians started digging through it that it became apparent how bad the situation was. My only frame of reference for whether the proofs are nonsense or not is you kind folks bitching about it, and OpenAI was happy to do the marketing part with or without anyone signing on.
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@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-10-09 18:58
This was exactly the point - flood the zone with shit to show how smart the stuff underlying your IP is
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@Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 2026-10-09 21:02
I mean, I don’t know, my confusion comes from also seeing a lot of mathematicians react as if mathematics are over and that it sucks that the future is all about checking AI proofs. And I suppose it’s unpleasant when a sort of maybe authoritative entity comes out of nowhere and tells you the answer to your favourite problem is 42 and doesn’t elaborate. But I feel like I might be missing something as to why this is a big deal.