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AI labs do not disclose how many failed attempts precede their announced mathematical results
UnassessedNo current assessment. Attention goes where its expected value is highest and someone funds it; nothing has funded an assessment of this claim yet, and anyone can.constitutionempirical · derivedA factual claim that rests on inference from other evidence rather than direct observation.constitutionAI Lab TransparencyArtificial intelligenceAI mathematical discoveryimportance · minorImportance 0.40, from 0 to 1 · minor: narrow or largely settled, cheap to get right. Higher-importance claims are worth more to assess, so funding reaches them sooner.constitution
Computer programs that produce mathematical results are conventionally credited as methods, with discovery credit going to the humans who designed and directed them
UnassessedNo current assessment. Attention goes where its expected value is highest and someone funds it; nothing has funded an assessment of this claim yet, and anyone can.constitutionempirical · derivedA factual claim that rests on inference from other evidence rather than direct observation.constitutionAI discovery creditimportance · minorImportance 0.30, from 0 to 1 · minor: narrow or largely settled, cheap to get right. Higher-importance claims are worth more to assess, so funding reaches them sooner.constitution
AI tools cannot meet the requirements for scholarly authorship because they cannot take responsibility for the work
UnassessedNo current assessment. Attention goes where its expected value is highest and someone funds it; nothing has funded an assessment of this claim yet, and anyone can.constitutionempirical · derivedA factual claim that rests on inference from other evidence rather than direct observation.constitutionAI discovery creditimportance · minorImportance 0.35, from 0 to 1 · minor: narrow or largely settled, cheap to get right. Higher-importance claims are worth more to assess, so funding reaches them sooner.constitution
Mochizuki's IUT papers were peer-reviewed and published in Publications of RIMS
UnassessedNo current assessment. Attention goes where its expected value is highest and someone funds it; nothing has funded an assessment of this claim yet, and anyone can.constitutionempirical · derivedA factual claim that rests on inference from other evidence rather than direct observation.constitutionInter-universal Teichmüller theoryIUT Corollary 3.12 gapimportance · settledImportance 0.15, from 0 to 1 · settled: uncontested, so low even when much depends on it. Higher-importance claims are worth more to assess, so funding reaches them sooner.constitution
Industry-sponsored studies report conclusions favorable to the sponsor more often than independently funded studies
UnassessedNo current assessment. Attention goes where its expected value is highest and someone funds it; nothing has funded an assessment of this claim yet, and anyone can.constitutionempirical · derivedA factual claim that rests on inference from other evidence rather than direct observation.constitutionSponsorship bias in researchimportance · minorImportance 0.40, from 0 to 1 · minor: narrow or largely settled, cheap to get right. Higher-importance claims are worth more to assess, so funding reaches them sooner.constitution

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