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by applrt 61 days ago
One of the people on the Erdös problem website (https://www.erdosproblems.com/forum/thread/1196), Jared Lichtman, is involved in a AI startup:

https://www.math.inc/

That AI startup also partners with Terence Tao:

https://www.math.inc/veritas-fellowships

https://www.math.inc/a-conversation-with-terry-tao

These two AI "enthusiasts" have massive conflicts of interest, which should perhaps be investigated by an ethics commission.

1 comments

What's the conflict?
Research integrity vs. hyping up AI, obviously. Even in small matters like calling this proof "From The Book".
So where's the proof of this exact problem and why exactly did it end up on the list of unsolved problems if it has been already solved?