OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
OpenAI 成立数学咨询小组，其 AI 已解决 100 多个数学难题
On Monday, OpenAI announced a new independent advisory group hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Called the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, the group is meant to give mathematicians more input into the company’s math-oriented research. “This group will serve as a bridge to the mathematical community and broader public, giving mathematicians a voice in how we move forward,” the post reads.
周一，OpenAI 宣布成立一个新的独立咨询小组，该小组由位于新泽西州普林斯顿的高等研究院（Institute for Advanced Study）主办。该小组名为“数学与人工智能咨询小组”（Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence），旨在让数学家更多地参与到该公司的数学导向研究中。公告中写道：“该小组将成为通往数学界和更广泛公众的桥梁，让数学家在我们的前进方向上拥有发言权。”
The announcement comes after the abrupt publication of a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem. As part of the announcement of the new group, OpenAI also claims that the same internal model has resolved more than 100 additional open problems across most areas of mathematics.
此次公告发布之前，OpenAI 突然公布了对“纳维-斯托克斯（Navier-Stokes）千禧年大奖难题”的解决方案。作为新小组公告的一部分，OpenAI 还声称，其同一个内部模型已经解决了数学领域大多数分支中的 100 多个其他开放性难题。
Many prominent mathematicians have taken issue with the frenzied pace of those results. Earlier this month, 25 Fields Medal-winning mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they seek to one-up each other with solutions to famous math problems.
许多知名数学家对这些成果的发布速度感到担忧。本月初，25 位菲尔兹奖（Fields Medal）得主签署了一封公开信，指出人工智能实验室在竞相破解著名数学难题的过程中，正在威胁到他们的学术研究工作。
True to its name, OpenAI’s new group will mostly serve in an advisory capacity, assessing the significance of new results and coordinating their release. While members won’t be paid, they can offer unsolicited advice, go public with their views, and control their own membership, giving them a measure of independence from the company.
顾名思义，OpenAI 的这个新小组主要发挥咨询作用，负责评估新成果的意义并协调其发布。虽然成员没有报酬，但他们可以主动提供建议、公开表达观点并自主决定成员资格，这使他们在一定程度上保持了对公司的独立性。
However, the group won’t be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI’s ongoing mathematical research. As the blog post puts it, “the group will not be responsible for advising us on how to pace our internal progress on mathematics.” The Institute for Advanced Study emphasized this point in its own announcement. “Although we will give advice, we do not have decision making power at any AI company, and the responsibility for the decisions made by any company will rest with that company,” said the institute in a press release.
然而，该小组无权减缓或改变 OpenAI 正在进行的数学研究方向。正如博客文章所言：“该小组不负责建议我们如何把控内部数学研究的进度。”高等研究院也在其公告中强调了这一点。该研究所在一份新闻稿中表示：“尽管我们会提供建议，但我们对任何人工智能公司都没有决策权，任何公司所做决策的责任均由该公司自行承担。”
Nine prominent mathematicians have been named as initial members of the group. Notably, only one of the members — IAS’s Camillo De Lellis — also signed the Fields Medalists’ letter.
九位知名数学家已被任命为该小组的首批成员。值得注意的是，其中只有一位成员——来自高等研究院的 Camillo De Lellis——同时也签署了那封菲尔兹奖得主的公开信。