OpenAI claims its models have made 3 major discoveries in mathematics, computer science & physics.
One reportedly disproves the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a foundational assumption in computer science for 25 years.
Two researchers who originally proposed it are now helping verify the AI’s proof.
If this result survives independent scrutiny, AI will have done something more consequential than outperforming humans on a benchmark.
It will have overturned a foundational scientific assumption held by experts for decades.
https://openai.com/index/building-scientific-understanding-with-academic-communities/
OpenAIWorking with academic communities to build scientific understandingOpenAI shares model results on the Kakeya conjecture, Exponential Time Hypothesis, and quantum chromodynamics—and how researchers can verify and build on them.