“There’s a perception of mobster behavior” from leading AI companies, one mathematician tells WIRED as OpenAI prepares to release more than 100 new solutions to unsolved problems.
  • NotAnOtter@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    há 16 dias

    It’s a 20/80 rule thing.

    Coming up with a proof is the first 20% of work. Actually checking and validating the proof is the next 80% of work.

    • pigup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      há 15 dias

      I learned it as 80/20 rule where the first 80% of progress is made with 20% of effort, and the last 20% of progress takes 80% of the effort.

      It’s true im many layers deep in it help

      • NotAnOtter@lemmus.orgEnglish
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        há 15 dias

        Yeah same idea. Another good one along the same lines is

        “We didn’t do this because it’s easy. We did it because we thought it would be easy”