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OpenAI's AI solves century-old Navier-Stokes problem, shaking mathematics field

Scholars debate whether AI can achieve creative mathematical breakthroughs

3 Sep 19 · 7d ago · 1 article · 1 post · 2 sources · development 3 of 3

Multiple mathematicians express skepticism that AI will generate truly novel mathematics. Stanford's Mohammed Abouzaid notes the lack of imagination in current AI approaches, while Caltech's Anima Anandkumar demonstrates an alternative physics-informed neural network model that solved a simplified version of the Navier-Stokes equations without relying on prior human work.

Scholars debate whether AI can achieve creative mathematical breakthroughs
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“We are still not seeing the kind of leaps of creativity that really involve creating new mathematics.”

Mohammed Abouzaid

OpenAI AI developerTerence Tao Fields Medal laureate, UCLA mathematicianTristan Buckmaster and Levent Alpoge MathematiciansMohammed Abouzaid Stanford University mathematics professorAnima AnandkumarAnima Anandkumar Caltech professor at intersection of mathematics and AI

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  4. 1 outlet The Guardian view on AI v mathematicians: humans are still vital to the field, but tech firms refuse to see that

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