AI #169: New Knowledge (opens in new tab)

Even in a relatively quiet period, AI is out there creating new knowledge. The new knowledge in question is OpenAI getting us the first truly impressive math result that comes from an AI, a solution to the unit distance problem. We’re about to learn a different kind of knowledge later today when the White House issues its executive order, or when the judges rule in Anthropic’s DC case. And then there’s the other kind of new knowledge, which is the knowledge that things are fake slop, such as ...