OpenAI reportedly closes in on solving the Hodge conjecture, its second Millennium Prize Problem
OpenAI is reportedly nearing a solution to the Hodge conjecture, its second Millennium Prize Problem, though an announcement may be delayed.
According to a person familiar with the matter, OpenAI employees expect a solution to the Hodge conjecture soon, but any announcement could be delayed as the company manages messaging after the PR crisis around its still unconfirmed Navier-Stokes solution. That earlier result was achieved with a variant of OpenAI's next pretrained model, codenamed "Doug," likely at a cost of millions of dollars. Chief researcher Jakub Pachocki has said OpenAI's priority is recursive self-improvement rather than math, though some insiders believe the math results could feed into that effort. The math community is reportedly more angry than impressed.
- Reported Hodge conjecture progress follows OpenAI's officially unconfirmed Navier-Stokes solution.
- Navier-Stokes work used a variant of OpenAI's next pretrained model, codenamed "Doug," costing millions.
- Employees expect a solution soon, but announcements may be delayed to improve messaging.
- Some insiders believe math breakthroughs could feed recursive self-improvement; mathematicians are skeptical.
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OpenAI is reportedly tackling the next Millennium Prize Problem. After its still unconfirmed solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, the company is now working on the Hodge conjecture. Employees expect a solution soon, but any announcement could be delayed.
By Matthias Bastian · the-decoder.com
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