First, you ask for evidence of someone who isn't a VIP doing a similarly difficult problem using an LLM, to show that it isn't just VIPs being given special models. And then, when I provide that example, you say it doesn't count because the whole craze was started by researchers working for AI anyway.
Furthermore, you start out stating that the access being given to these VIPs is to insanely massive, impractical models no one will ever have access to, but then you point to them getting a free ChatGPT Pro sub as evidence of your point.
Finally, you look at the fact that the AI solved the problem by applying a technique that no one in sixty years had thought to apply to that situation, from a totally different field of mathematics, and you claim that that isn't sufficiently novel to "count" as being in the same ballpark of difficult as solving literally other easier Erdos problems, or this new problem, because the technique still existed previously, and so actually isn't hard enough to be comparable to all the other stuff that's been done.
If you are upset that you are being down-voted, I think you should do some introspection. It seems like it would be impossible to convince you, no matter how many non-VIPs solved difficult open math problems, as long as it wasn't literally the exact same level of difficulty or type of problem.
I'm grateful for the reference as context, but it simply does not settle the issue of transparency and it did reinforce the question. That's not controversial, nor is the statement that OpenAI avoids transparency, wants good publicity, will go to great lengths on both of these things like all corporations. It's also completely normal to think progress on Erdos problems is fascinating and inspirational, but aim for clarity on what the scope of the achievement really is (invention, composition, literature search) per the limited information available.
What I raised is a real question: the erdos folks are not affiliated with AI companies.. but is the AI company affiliated with them? Actually knowing the user/org accounts involved is optional because they could just divert resources to anyone prompting near the problem. Anecdotally.. I've noticed what appears to be token-discounts based on topic, for example more generosity for AI-related research than random stuff, but it's hard to know for sure. Wouldn't you promote interactions you could profitably train on?
So again, allocating resources to Erdos one way or another is just a clearly smart business decision for something people are talking about and which has become an unofficial competition among vendors, not a big scandalous accusation. Something like a reasoning-trace is the only way to settle it. This isn't conspiracy or nitpicking because this is the topic itself: the AI usage is more a matter of public interest than the actual problem solution. What's the argument against more transparency?
First, you ask for evidence of someone who isn't a VIP doing a similarly difficult problem using an LLM, to show that it isn't just VIPs being given special models. And then, when I provide that example, you say it doesn't count because the whole craze was started by researchers working for AI anyway.
Furthermore, you start out stating that the access being given to these VIPs is to insanely massive, impractical models no one will ever have access to, but then you point to them getting a free ChatGPT Pro sub as evidence of your point.
Finally, you look at the fact that the AI solved the problem by applying a technique that no one in sixty years had thought to apply to that situation, from a totally different field of mathematics, and you claim that that isn't sufficiently novel to "count" as being in the same ballpark of difficult as solving literally other easier Erdos problems, or this new problem, because the technique still existed previously, and so actually isn't hard enough to be comparable to all the other stuff that's been done.
If you are upset that you are being down-voted, I think you should do some introspection. It seems like it would be impossible to convince you, no matter how many non-VIPs solved difficult open math problems, as long as it wasn't literally the exact same level of difficulty or type of problem.