Scott Aaronson: Astra is an asteroid that landed on mathematics
Ex-OpenAI researcher Scott Aaronson says Astra's impact on math is like an asteroid landing, denial is no longer viable, and such models may reach regular subscribers in months.
Ex-OpenAI researcher Scott Aaronson says an asteroid has landed on mathematics, and denial is no longer a viable strategy: "It would be crazy to not be worried right now about the future of the mathematical community. This is an asteroid that has landed on our world. People are in different stages of denial, grief, bargaining, acceptance. But denial is just not going to be a viable strategy." "The model that OpenAI used is something that will plausibly be available to regular subscribers a few months from now." "Almost any paper that you read will contain a little AI statement which explains which parts came from Astra or from Claude. That became part of writing a paper within the last few months, without any fanfare." "Normally you say, it would be interesting to follow up this result, and over the next year people will think about it. Now it’s like, I actually already put that question into Fable, and I just got an answer right now. I still haven’t adjusted to the speed." @UTAustin