The central problem with math is that you have an infinite amount of space within which to move these goalposts.
How many variants on this trial before we find a mistake?
What is an acceptable error rate?
The central problem with math is that you have an infinite amount of space within which to move these goalposts.
How many variants on this trial before we find a mistake?
What is an acceptable error rate?
How many variants would it take for a human to make a mistake? It's certainly not "infinity", so is this an indication that humans don't reason?
https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/113132502735585408
"Here the results were better than previous models, but still slightly disappointing: the new model could work its way to a correct (and well-written) solution if provided a lot of hints and prodding, but did not generate the key conceptual ideas on its own, and did make some non-trivial mistakes. The experience seemed roughly on par with trying to advise a mediocre, but not completely incompetent, (static simulation of a) graduate student. "