Mixed or conditional
“exactly how was this done?”
Calls for experimental-science-style disclosure of the methods used to obtain AI-generated mathematical results, including prompts, data and timing.
- Speaker
- Peter Woit
- Capacity
- Signed author of Not Even Wrong
- Observed
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- OpenAI
- Classification rationale
- Concrete process demand without claiming independently to have established the disputed facts.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Discusses the announcement and the competing narratives about how the result was obtained.
After the quotation
His essay includes rumors and acknowledges limited expertise on the specific problem; those are not adopted as findings.
Evidence
Complete source record
Peter Woit: A Modest Proposal (opens in a new tab)
Signed essay calls for detailed methods, prompt and training disclosure. It also discusses rumors; the dossier does not adopt those rumors as facts.