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The LLMentalist Effect (2023)

235 points · 309 comments · jalev

  1. rahidz · · focus · HN ↗
    Man I remember back when a psychic conned me by solving the Navier-Stokes problem.

    Also >July 4th, 2023

    1. rusk · · focus · HN ↗
      Did an AI do that on its own though? I heard it was human mathematicians using a sophisticated machine as a tool.
      1. simianwords · · focus · HN ↗
        > I heard it was human mathematicians using a sophisticated machine as a tool.

        where did you "hear" this? OpenAI said they only prompted it and it solved the problem in one shot without any help

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