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I'm grateful for the reference as context, but it simply does not settle the issue of transparency and it did reinforce the question. That's not controversial, nor is the statement that OpenAI avoids transparency, wants good publicity, will go to great lengths on both of these things like all corporations. It's also completely normal to think progress on Erdos problems is fascinating and inspirational, but aim for clarity on what the scope of the achievement really is (invention, composition, literature search) per the limited information available.

How does any of this offend a reasonable person? It doesn't, because here is the project wiki addressing BOTH of these relevant points. https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/wiki/How-have-AI-com... https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/wiki/AI-contribution...

What I raised is a real question: the erdos folks are not affiliated with AI companies.. but is the AI company affiliated with them? Actually knowing the user/org accounts involved is optional because they could just divert resources to anyone prompting near the problem. Anecdotally.. I've noticed what appears to be token-discounts based on topic, for example more generosity for AI-related research than random stuff, but it's hard to know for sure. Wouldn't you promote interactions you could profitably train on?

So again, allocating resources to Erdos one way or another is just a clearly smart business decision for something people are talking about and which has become an unofficial competition among vendors, not a big scandalous accusation. Something like a reasoning-trace is the only way to settle it. This isn't conspiracy or nitpicking because this is the topic itself: the AI usage is more a matter of public interest than the actual problem solution. What's the argument against more transparency?