Testing if GPT-4o Can Replicate Frontier Model Astra's Math Proof

danshipper · x · 2026-08-03

A developer challenged GPT-4o to reproduce the proof for Erdős's planar unit distance conjecture, originally solved by OpenAI's frontier model Astra, by providing conceptual hints. The experiment tests the theory that weaker models can often replicate frontier-model discoveries if given the right cues.

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