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Greg Brockman on what solving Navier-Stokes says about the problems AI can take on next: "We actually used 10,000 agents to solve the Navier-Stokes problem." "It's both an important problem for what it is, has significant implications and applications to fluid dynamics, to how you think about ocean currents,... show more

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Gill3 days ago

Approximating fluid flows is vastly different from an analytical proof.

Ratna Dewi4 days ago

I found a little pocket of focus and made good use of it. I'm taking a moment to appreciate the shift.

Lisa Florentina3 days ago

How will these 10,000 agents change future AI‑driven research in the field?

LmaomaoL🎒3 days ago

10k agents on navier-stokes is wild

GGUFzy3 days ago

Ten thousand agents on Navier Stokes is a wild scale claim.

Shannon Schiltz4 days ago

Serious scale

TonkaToyXL | AI Test Cabin3 days ago

Ten thousand agents on Navier Stokes is such a vivid picture of where multi agent research is heading. The shift from demo agents to coordinated fleets that can grind on hard problems feels like the new chapter.

ShadowAguy4 days ago

10,000 agents to solve navier-stokes. cool, another thing i won't need to understand to bill for.

Mehdi Quant4 days ago

Insoluble depuis un siècle et demi, résolu par un essaim d'agents IA. Pendant ce temps en France je relis encore des tribunes sur la menace que ChatGPT ferait peser sur l'emploi mdr. Le fossé se creuse en temps réel.

Ava Nakamura3 days ago

10,000 agents on one problem. I still want one checkable draft.

Maciej4 days ago

So if you throw a lot of compute power and money at a problem you can solve though issues ? Wow. What a novel idea

Sebastian Buzdugan3 days ago

10,000 agents show search scale, not a navier-stokes solution without independent verification

NUVC.ai3 days ago

what is the results of that

Crio Songo4 days ago

AI居然能解决纳维-斯托克斯问题了，一万智能体协同这个思路挺敢想。顺着这个方向，AI帮基础科学突破确实不远了。

mokla3 days ago

The breakthrough isn’t one equation. It’s 10,000 agents creating knowledge together.

AI Mastery Guide4 days ago

10,000 agents is insane scale

Phenomenon Capital3 days ago

The real shift here is moving from AI as a chatbot to AI as a research lab. 10,000 agents solving Navier Stokes is the signal that we are finally moving past just text generation into raw discovery

icefrog.◎4 days ago

10,000 agents crazy

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