[seqfan] Re: ChatGPT on seqfan

[Neil Sloane]

Ali Sada said:

> I think the sequence could be added to the OEIS for historical reasons,

No, and a thousand times No.

Best regards
Neil

Neil J. A. Sloane, Chairman, OEIS Foundation.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
Email: njasloane at gmail.com



On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 12:24 AM Alonso Del Arte <alonso.delarte at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > 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
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