[unsupp0rted]

"Assume for purposes of this task that a complete affirmative proof exists"

[not-a-llm]

everybody knew the problem was impossible to solve

then one day somebody new arrived and they forgot to tell him/her, so he/she solved the problem

[minimaxir]

I've used this strategy for difficult bespoke problems and it does indeed work to incentivize the agent not to give up prematurely.

It's not gaslighting, it's motivation.

[ManuelKiessling]

I also like how they ask the model to work on it for 8 hours; guess asking for more is against labor laws…