OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says mathematicians have already gone from 'we're cooked' to accepting AI
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Sam Altman says mathematicians went through something similar to the five stages of grief after OpenAI's models started solving longstanding problems.
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Sam Altman says mathematicians are coming around after OpenAI upended mathematics.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman and mathematicians have a complicated relationship.OpenAI has taken credit for solving hundreds of math problems, irking many mathematicians.At a recent talk at Stanford, Altman said mathematicians have already gone from anger to acceptance.Like someone in mourning, Sam Altman said mathematicians went through phases after OpenAI began its blitz into the field.First, there was disbelief. Then, there was pain."The day one reaction was like, 'We're cooked, and our field is over,'" OpenAI's CEO said. "'We're telling our grad students to switch majors.'"After that, there was anger."The day three reaction was maybe like: 'It's horrible that OpenAI did this,'" Altman said at a recent talk at Stanford, before hundreds of students jittery about the viability of their future careers.Come day five, though, in Altman's telling, mathematicians began to come around to what…