AI Solves Navier-Stokes with 130B Tokens, Sparking Debate
An AI practitioner argues for optimism about AI's ceiling, noting OpenAI models solved Navier-Stokes using tokens equal to 4,000 years of human thought. User intoverflow estimates the solve consumed some 130 billion output tokens—about 4,000 person-years of research—yet yielded no new theory.
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