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schleck8 • today at 12:19 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Levent Alpöge (Anthropic mathematician) comment on the significance:

> Sure, mathematical history features a lot of incredible developments, like the invention of proof, zero, or the computer, and on the great problems our progress has been over timelines measured in decades or centuries. Obviously this technology didn’t appear today, but blurring our eyes a bit to combine the past ten years, with today a measurement of those developments, there is nothing comparable.


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baoooooooooooo • today at 1:56 AM

Crikey it’s a pretty charitable vibe given the whole Navier-Stokes thing, OpenAI trying to stiff him out of co-authorship. I guess any of that sentiment is outweighed by a sense of optimism for where this goes

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zooperdoopers • today at 2:04 AM

Wow. Fantastic quote. If you have the source, would you please share a link? Google did not bring up much.

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