周一，OpenAI 宣布在位于新泽西州普林斯顿的高等研究院设立一个新的独立顾问小组。该小组名为“数学与人工智能顾问组”，旨在让数学家在公司以数学为导向的研究中拥有更多的发言权。

“该小组将充当与数学界及更广泛公众之间的桥梁，让数学家在我们未来的发展方向上发出声音。”帖子写道。

这一宣布紧随纳维-斯托克斯千年大奖问题解法的突然公布之后。作为新小组发布的一部分，OpenAI 还声称，同一个内部模型已经解决了数学各个领域中的100多个开放性问题。

许多著名数学家对这些成果的快速推进节奏表示不满。本月早些时候，25位菲尔兹奖得主签署了一封公开信，认为人工智能实验室在竞相解决著名数学问题的过程中，正威胁着他们的智力工作。

名副其实，OpenAI 的新小组将主要发挥咨询作用，评估新成果的重要性并协调其发布。虽然成员不会获得报酬，但他们可以提供未经请求的建议，公开表达观点，并控制自己的成员资格，从而在一定程度上保持独立性，不受公司控制。

然而，该小组不会被赋予放慢或引导 OpenAI 正在进行的研究的余地。正如博客文章所述，“该小组不负责就我们如何在数学领域内部进展的节奏提供建议。”

高等研究院在其自身声明中强调了这一点。“虽然我们会提供建议，但我们不对任何一家人工智能公司拥有决策权，任何公司所做出的决定的责任将由该公司承担。”该院在新闻稿中表示。

九位著名数学家已被任命为该小组的初始成员。值得注意的是，其中只有一位成员——IAS 的 Camillo De Lellis——也签署了菲尔兹奖得主的公开信。

On Monday, OpenAI announced a new independent advisory group hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Called the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence , the group is meant to give mathematicians more input into the company’s math-oriented research.

“This group will serve as a bridge to the mathematical community and broader public, giving mathematicians a voice in how we move forward,” the post reads.

The announcement comes after the abrupt publication of a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem . As part of the announcement of the new group, OpenAI also claims that the same internal model has resolved more than 100 additional open problems across most areas of mathematics.

Many prominent mathematicians have taken issue with the frenzied pace of those results. Earlier this month, 25 Fields Medal-winning mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they seek to one-up each other with solutions to famous math problems.

True to its name, OpenAI’s new group will mostly serve in an advisory capacity, assessing the significance of new results and coordinating their release. While members won’t be paid, they can offer unsolicited advice, go public with their views, and control their own membership, giving them a measure of independence from the company.

However, the group won’t be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI’s ongoing mathematical research. As the blog post puts it, “the group will not be responsible for advising us on how to pace our internal progress on mathematics.”

The Institute for Advanced Study emphasized this point in its own announcement. “Although we will give advice, we do not have decision making power at any AI company, and the responsibility for the decisions made by any company will rest with that company,” said the institute in a press release.

Nine prominent mathematicians have been named as initial members of the group. Notably, only one of the members — IAS’s Camillo De Lellis — also signed the Fields Medalists’ letter.