Like many scientists, theoretical physicist Andrew Strominger was unimpressed with early attempts at probing ChatGPT, receiving clever-sounding answers that didn't stand up to scrutiny. So he was skeptical when a talented former graduate student paused a promising academic career to take a job with OpenAI. Strominger told him physics needed him more than Silicon Valley.
Note that OpenAI has been sponsoring scientific/math research and looking for things like this, exactly for this kind of “see! We’re not boiling the ocean for nothing! Give us more money” payoff.
Note that OpenAI has been sponsoring scientific/math research and looking for things like this, exactly for this kind of “see! We’re not boiling the ocean for nothing! Give us more money” payoff.