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simianwordstoday at 8:34 AM2 repliesview on HN

There are people who can’t grasp the universe without mandatory randomised controlled trial. Would tomorrow be a Sunday? Need an RCT for that boys!

My point here is to not snark. But there should be some level of self skepticism that doesn’t warrant an RCT theatre.


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traestoday at 8:36 AM

It's a very important clarification if it took $2000/problem on 20 problem attempts or on 1,000 problem attempts for each successful one. That may be the deciding factor on whether or not it's economically viable to replace a mathematician with a ChatGPT subscription.

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nxpnsvtoday at 9:28 AM

No, this is valid criticism. Oai gives the impression anybody could get similar results at a similar price, but that’s very likely not true. This is marketing first, then mathematics.