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Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem?

122 points · 70 comments · tomjakubowski

  1. jongjong · · focus · HN ↗
    This situation illustrates exactly the limitation of AI and why we still need humans in the loop.

    It reminds me of a junior coding bootcamp lecture I once gave many years ago before AI coding. One of the first slides said "Computers will do exactly what you say, not what you mean."

    1. dist-epoch · · focus · HN ↗
      Seems to me this illustrates more the limitation of humans, they are the ones which chose the wrong problem, not the one mathematicians cared about.
      1. jongjong · · focus · HN ↗
        Sure, but to know where the real limits are, you need to compare frontier AI with frontier human! That's where the bar is.
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