[seqfan] Re: ChatGPT on seqfan

[Alonso Del Arte]

> I think the sequence could be added to the OEIS for historical reasons,
as William Keith said

For what it's worth, I disagree. How do we even know this was the first? If
the only reason is having a historical record, that can be accomplished
better as a blog post, rather than a new entry that might show up as an
irrelevant search result.

Al

On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 11:49 PM Ali Sada via SeqFan <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
wrote:

>  I think the sequence could be added to the OEIS for historical reasons,
> as William Keith said. If I remember well, ChatGPT has failed previously to
> produce a correct OEIS sequence. The OEIS might be recording a milestone in
> AI history. It might not be mathematically interesting now, but maybe
> Robert, or someone else, could try again in two or three years and see how
> AI developed in this regard.
>
> Best,
> Ali
>
>
>     On Monday, April 3, 2023 at 04:37:40 AM GMT+1, Olivier Gerard <
> olivier.gerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Thanks to all of those who reacted to Robert Israel's anecdote as well as
> other inputs.
>
> There are already very interesting conversations going on (for instance on
> Scott Aaronson's blog that
> has been quoted in this thread). Scott is currently working with OpenAI and
> has always
> had very strong opinions on these subjects.
> Let's transfer discussions about AI and mathematics in these kinds of
> forums.
>
> Curiosity is good and fun. I enjoy coercing ChatGPT into generating correct
> answers
> (especially code) and I learn some things along the way.
> There are certainly ways we can use ChatGPT and similar
> tools as assistant for Encyclopedia's activity or related research, but as
> others and I
> have already said several times, we do not want to encourage spam and
> random
> applications for new sequences, especially by people who cannot even
> simulate
> the artificial or second-hand knowledge of ChatGPT.
>
> One way to enhance all these systems is to publish more human language
> essays
> about important sequences and general principles of combinatorics and its
> relation to other topics. Another way is to write extensively on common
> mistakes
> and misconceptions in the field.
>
> Members are welcome to signal, index, translate or extend such resources as
> they discover them.
>
>
> Olivier GERARD
> Seqfan Mailing List Administrator
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