What do AI math and anesthesia have in common...? #AI #OpenAI #math #TerenceTao #science

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• Nate B. Jones frames the “black box” nature of AI-generated math solutions (working without full understanding) as a challenge that isn’t unique, drawing parallels to established fields like medicine.
• OpenAI’s AI has solved hundreds of open math problems, prompting concern from mathematicians like Terence Tao about the lack of understanding of how the AI arrives at these solutions.
• This “black box” issue is compared to anesthesia in medicine, which is used daily and effectively despite an incomplete understanding of its mechanism for switching off consciousness, relying instead on rigorous testing.
• The comparison serves as a reminder for humility and humor, suggesting that effective tools don’t always require complete mechanistic understanding, especially when rigorously tested, and encourages looking beyond one’s own domain for perspective.