Sam Altman defends OpenAI's math releases as mathematicians criticize them
AIOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with mathematicians overwhelmed by the company's AI-generated math results but will not stop releasing them. He says the public's right to new knowledge outweighs the disruption, while acknowledging OpenAI needs to communicate its findings better.
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The piece pairs Altman's on-record defense of OpenAI's math releases with mathematicians' criticism of how the results were announced, showing the tension between publication and gatekeeping.
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The Verge · AI · Robert Hart · theverge.comPublished · added here
Original title: Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop