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		Havoc on Dec 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician I don't think many expect AI to push knowledge forward? A thing that basically just regurgitates consensus historic knowledge seems badly suited to that

calmoo on Dec 23, 2024 | [–]

But apparently these new frontier models can 'reason' - so with that logic, they should be able to generate new knowledge?

tomjen3 on Dec 23, 2024 | [–]

O1 was able to find the math problem in a recently published paper, so yes.

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