GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
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Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#2They also claimed ChatGPT solved novel erdös problems when that wasn’t the case. Will take with a grain of salt until more external validation happened. But very cool if true!
Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#3The preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12176
Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#4Interesting considering the Twitter froth recently about AI being incapable in principle of discovering anything.
Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#5They also claimed ChatGPT solved novel erdös problems when that wasn’t the case. Will take with a grain of salt until more external validation happened. But very cool if true!
Wasnt that like some marketing bro? This is coming out the front door with serious physicists attached.
Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#6They also claimed ChatGPT solved novel erdös problems when that wasn’t the case. Will take with a grain of salt until more external validation happened. But very cool if true!
Well they (OpenAI) never made such a claim. And yes, LLMs have made unique solutions/contributions to a few erdos problems.
Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#7They also claimed ChatGPT solved novel erdös problems when that wasn’t the case. Will take with a grain of salt until more external validation happened. But very cool if true!
How was that not the case? As far as I understand it ChatGPT was instrumental to solving a problem. Even if it did not entirely solve it by itself, the combination with other tools such as Lean is still very impressive, no?
Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#8All I saw was gravitons and thought we’re finally here the singularity has begun
Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#9They also claimed ChatGPT solved novel erdös problems when that wasn’t the case. Will take with a grain of salt until more external validation happened. But very cool if true!
How was that not the case? As far as I understand it ChatGPT was instrumental to solving a problem. Even if it did not entirely solve it by itself, the combination with other tools such as Lean is still very impressive, no?
It didn't solve it, it simply found that it had been solved in a publication and that the list of open problems wasn't updated.
Re: GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
#10"An internal scaffolded version of GPT‑5.2 then spent roughly 12 hours reasoning through the problem, coming up with the same formula and producing a formal proof of its validity."
When I use GPT 5.2 Thinking Extended, it gave me the impression that it's consistent enough/has a low enough rate of errors (or enough error correcting ability) to autonomously do math/physics for many hours if it were allowed to [but I guess the Extended time cuts off around 30 minute mark and Pro maybe 1-2 hours]. It's good to see some confirmation of that impression here. I hope scientists/mathematicians at large will be able to play with tools which think at this time-scale soon and see how much capabilities these machines really have.