alt Hacker NewsLet's assume that the 46 multiplication algorithm was known, prior to AlphaEvolve re-discovering it. AlphaEvolve still has made an improvement to a performance critical area that has had likely had thousands of engineer-hours put into it. None of those engineers apparently knew about the improved algorithm, or were able to implement the algorithm. This is empirical evidence of an LLM outperforming its (domain expert) human counterparts.
Isn't this like comparing a human historian to Wikipedia though? Of course the knowledge in Wikipedia will in most cases beat the human. However, that's not the kind of thing we're looking for here.