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An amateur solved a math problem that was unresolved for 60 years using a single GPT prompt (www.scientificamerican.com)

posted 37 days ago by Zyxl 37 days ago by Zyxl +23 / -0

Even experts are surprised by AI’s latest ‘vibe-mathing’ advance

A ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses

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– Quebec_Is_A_ShitHole 7 points 36 days ago +7 / -0

Honestly to get the Fields medal, you have to solve a problem so complex even the top tier mathematicians on this planet can't know for sure you solved it. Look at how long it took to prove Fermat's last theorem was actually solved (and it wasn't the first time he tried)

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