alt Hacker NewsI think the role of specific _human_ mathematicians at OpenAI should not be understated.
TFA was about a niche topic that OpenAI doesn't have in-house expertise in.
Otoh Aaronson is the co-author on Lijie Chen's (reasoning lead at OAI) top cited paper. OAI have deployed their resources more effectively against UGC that some of their staff are already familiar with
That's true. OpenAI has some of the best talents. In my experience, domain experts get the most benefits from the models. They can work much faster, catch false positives, and stir the model in right direction.
I wish they take a bit of more time to communicate the findings effectively.