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Comment Re:mostly mash-ups of existing techniques (Score 1) 127

There's quite a lot of nuance here, I guess, which isn't unexpected. It's quite a useful anecdote. At the very least, we can't just wave it away like it's not useful. It may generate sub-standard paintings or completely miss the point of art, but if it makes your proofs better, it seems insane to not have it help.

Comment Re:Fundamental physics has never been more dead (Score 1) 49

The criticism against string theory ... to wit, why it has been debunked ... it that is by definition self-debunking. Since you aren't smart enough to figure out that you argued in favor of my point in your attempt to argue against it I'm not about to waste my time reading the rest of your attempt to waste everyone's time.

Comment Re:mostly mash-ups of existing techniques (Score 1) 127

Well, wait, I don't think that actually disproves the claim. I'm not saying it's not impressive, I just don't think it's as novel as you say.

When I ask an LLM to write me code that does something 'novel', it usually does quite a good job. I'm just using the freely available models, but they quite competently write code that is not truly derivative of any other code. If I give them some code of my own that has a bug in it, they'll find the bug and patch it, and that bug is, for all intents and purposes, unique.

You're still seeing a bunch of old patterns rehashed--I presume that other proofs introduce infinity families, and they can iterate through inside a clear logical structure to test whether or not something works. Again, this is impressive work, but I'm not personally convinced that this is 'novel' in terms of the broader corpus of mathematical knowledge. It didn't invent a new field of mathematics to solve your problem.

Even if you didn't prompt it, take a look sometimes at the contemplations of the models, if that's available to you. Before the model even arrives in your hands, it's got stacks of prompts giving it meta instructions, and it then generates prompts for itself to check your work. I think it would be interesting if you ran your experiment again on a new account that's fresh and see if you can watch the chain of reasoning. You might be right, it MAY be doing something TRULY novel, but as I've said, I've got my doubts.

Obviously, you're a mathematician and I'm not; I can't tell you that you're wrong about it if you insist that it is doing something new.

Comment Re: mostly mash-ups of existing techniques (Score 1) 127

Well, let's test your logic. Saying hearts can't do math is the same thing as saying people can't do math, because a heart is a subset of a person. Or how about this one ... saying that the Amygdala can't do math is the same thing as brains can't do math because the Amygdala is a subset of the brain. How about claiming that saying databases can't serve web pages is the same as saying a webserver can't serve web pages because databases are a subset of a web stack. Herp Derp.

Comment Re:mostly mash-ups of existing techniques (Score 0) 127

In order to believe your ridiculous claim you pretty much have to go out of your way in search of misinformation at this point. Leaving aside the fact that you don't know the difference between an LLM and a frontier AI model, you also have to know nothing about actual documented proof, time and again, that they have arrived at completely non-novel innovative solutions to real world challenges with zero human intervention.

Comment Re:Quick question (Score 1) 49

No. She isn't wrong about the fact that most science "breakthroughs" don't pass the smell test these days. She doesn't get everything correct (nobody does and she would be the first to tell you she isn't always right), but she does a good job of playing devil's advocate in a world full of clueless pom pom wielding science cheerleaders who have no idea what they are talking about. A lot of sexist white men don't like the fact that she is much smarter than they are, and a lot of others don't like the fact that she calls them out on their bullshit. She rightly points out that science these days is about getting funding, and if some science happens to occur along the way then that is fine with them too.

Comment Re:Fundamental physics has never been more dead (Score 1) 49

I can't tell if you aren't smart enough to understand Sabine and Weinstein, simply don't understand the information available, or have been watching idiots like Sean Carrol, but you are completely off base. String Theory is what has been debunked, and it is a well known fact that scientists have not been doing very much real science for decades. String theory is just maths masturbation and it has set back physics by decades. If you don't believe me ask Roger Penrose. Most of the "scientific breakthroughs" that get reported are total bullshit, and Sabine is an excellent source for understanding why that is often the case.

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