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Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop
萨姆·奥尔特曼同情数学家，但称OpenAI的数学攻势不会停止
Readers must weigh OpenAI's push for discovery against the burden on mathematicians who cannot vet the AI-generated results, a cost Sam Altman acknowledges but won't slow.
Judgment
OpenAI’s leadership decision is to keep publishing AI-generated math discoveries rather than sit on them, accepting that mathematicians bear the verification burden while promising better communication. The unresolved cost is trust: details for one Yang-Mills result remain withheld despite criticism of gatekeeping.
Basis
Sam Altman said on the Cheeky Pint podcast that “the world deserves to understand how the universe works” and that humanity “should not be sitting on a major fundamental science discovery,” while conceding “empathy for the method.” The mechanism is a stated priority: public right to knowledge outweighs disruption, so OpenAI keeps releasing results; verification and context fall to mathematicians. The source says OpenAI has spent hundreds of millions on math, released hundreds of mathematical results this month, and announced three major breakthroughs; it also says details for a Yang-Mills result were not released, per a hand-picked expert group, counter to advice from a previous group.
Unclear The source does not say how many of the hundreds of results have been independently verified, nor what criteria the hand-picked expert group used to withhold the Yang-Mills details.
Next Check whether OpenAI publicly releases the Yang-Mills details or names the expert group and its release criteria.