OpenAI's math advisory group criticized as messy by mathematicians
OpenAI has repeatedly made mathematical breakthroughs but mishandled their announcements, alienating the mathematical community. Its latest attempt to repair relations—a new independent advisory group of elite practitioners—is itself described by mathematicians, including a group member, as messy and confusing, echoing previous rushed efforts.
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In a chaotic few months, OpenAI has demonstrated it can do two things with remarkable consistency: make impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, then colossally screw up announcing them. OpenAI is now trying to do better. Somehow, it has botched that too. OpenAI's latest attempt to repair fractured relations with a mathematical community it has repeatedly alienated is to consult a new independent advisory group of elite practitioners. But mathematicians speaking to The Verge , including one of the group's members, describe a messy and confusing affair bearing many of the hallmarks of OpenAI's previous rushed forays into mathematics, suggest … Read the full story at The Verge.
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