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Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop
After months of bombarding mathematicians with a relentless stream of AI-generated results, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with researchers struggling to make sense of it all. But he has no intention of stopping - and hints there could be much more to come from the company's stockpile of discoveries. "I think, on net, […]
Altman says OpenAI has spent hundreds of millions on math, and has more discoveries up its sleeve.
Altman says OpenAI has spent hundreds of millions on math, and has more discoveries up its sleeve.
After months of bombarding mathematicians with a relentless stream of AI-generated results, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with researchers struggling to make sense of it all. But he has no intention of stopping, and hints there could be much more to come from the company’s stockpile of discoveries.
“I think, on net, the world deserves to understand how the universe works,” Altman said during an episode of the Cheeky Pint podcast released Thursday. “But I do have empathy for the method.”
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