Ultraman Says Mathematicians Have Shifted from 'We're Finished' to Accepting AI
In a Stanford speech, Omohundro described a complete shift in mathematicians' reactions to AI: on day one, they exclaimed, "We're doomed"; by day three, they turned angry; and by day five, they began to accept it. This contrasts with the academic community's controversy over OpenAI models solving equations.
In a speech at Stanford, Sam Altman said that mathematicians' reaction to AI has run its full course: on the first day, they exclaimed, "We're finished, the field is over; we need to get our graduate students to switch majors." By the third day, their reaction had turned to anger, and by the fifth, they had begun to accept it, envisioning a mathematical career that is "different but possibly better."
This stands in stark contrast to the current state of academia. After OpenAI announced in September that its model had solved the Navier-Stokes equations, some scholars accused it of using chat history and failing to show its derivation process. Meanwhile, OpenAI withdrew its sponsorship of Caltech's "Math Marathon" after more than 700 scholars signed a letter of opposition.
Source: Business Insider