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A year of work by two Spanish mathematicians versus 88 hours and €15 million by OpenAI: ‘Without our idea, AI wouldn’t have solved it’ (english.elpais.com)
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[+] -7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yes, that's the way mathematics works. Progress happens incrementally from different contributors.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    However the mathematicians don't usually go searching through colleagues private documents for sparks of inspiration, work through the night then claim the success as their own, denying contributions of others.

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