Brief remark on OpenAI’s giant math drop
We recorded 5 claims from this post. 3 were checked against evidence. 2 can’t be checked. 5 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (5)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“AI once tried to be a science. Now we get stuff like the completely vague report from OpenAI below:”
Our reading: AI used to try to be a science, but OpenAI's report on its math results is completely vague.
No horizon
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Causal claim
“As a result, we have zero idea of how generalizable the result is outside math.”
Our reading: As a result of OpenAI's vague report, we currently have zero idea how generalizable its math result is outside mathematics.
No horizon Evidence as of
Only if: as a result of the vague, undisclosed details in OpenAI's report
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Observation
“A lot of the discussion on social media has been reduced to an ignorant cheering section that applauds without knowing what it is applauding or what it might mean— without ever asking basic scientific questions.”
Our reading: A lot of the social media discussion of OpenAI's math results has been reduced to an ignorant cheering section that applauds without knowing what it is applauding or what it might mean, without ever asking basic scientific questions.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: Search visibility is not a representative sampling method.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“The new system could be a legitimate step toward AGI. Or it could just be a clever leveraging of Lean and synthetic data in a verifiable domain with no generality whatsoever.”
Our reading: OpenAI's new math system could be a real step toward AGI, or it could be a clever use of Lean and synthetic data in a verifiable domain with no generality at all.
No horizon
Assessment: MixedSaid
Observation
“From the initial report, we can tell almost nothing.”
Our reading: From OpenAI's initial report, we can tell almost nothing about the new system.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The outcome depends on reading the sentence broadly in light of the preceding methodological criticisms. A reading confined to generality beyond mathematics would differ.
Held from this post (5)
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- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: OpenAI did not disclose the procedure used to produce its new math results.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews read the claim differently