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pfdietz
81 days ago
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GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in co...
> In order to get a Ph.D., you have to do some sort of original research,
China has now introduced "practical PhDs" where you have to build some practical machine instead.
traes
80 days ago
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That is exclusive to engineering PhDs, entirely irrelevant to the discussion of math PhDs.
pfdietz
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Unless, of course, the machine being constructed is the prover (and prompts) that proved the results (or achieved whatever result instead of the human achieving it.)
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China has now introduced "practical PhDs" where you have to build some practical machine instead.