Debate over OpenAI's math breakthrough race: timeline suggests a 4-day turnaround
gleech · x · 2026-09-11
A debate over whether OpenAI deliberately scooped Noam Shazeer's math breakthrough: tszzl argues the team tried all Millennium Problems plus dozens more and NS saw promising initial results, more than justifying a scale-up. paulcal agrees OpenAI was matching, not scooping. gleech counters with the reported timeline — Aug 28: Noam B says OAI hasn't tried much; Sep 2: Levent hears OAI already knows — leaving only 4 days for OpenAI to have 'coincidentally' pointed its token cannon in the right direction.
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