How AI giants tried to storm the last stronghold of the human mind: the math olympiads (english.elpais.com)

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[-] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

An olympiad is the time between olympics.

[-] lemmyng@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Only in the classical definition. The term "olimpiad" is widely accepted to refer to competitions on subjects not involving physical sports.

[-] NachBarcelona@piefed.social -2 points 6 days ago

Thanks captain basic facts!

[-] misk@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You have to tell those guys because half of math competitions are called olympiads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematics_competitions

[-] marius@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

Maybe it's because they to math in between the Olympics?

[-] misk@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s called Olympiad because that’s what Olympics are called in Eastern Europe and we mostly either run or win those competitions so we get to name them lol.

[-] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

I know and it irks me.

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