the Putnam Exam

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TSFKAT°hard word is still good for something; it informed°hard word me that today is the day that the Putnam°hard word exam is being sat°hard word.

The question is not°hard word "if" the machine will be able to answer those questions, but when.

🔥 I would put the odds at 50-50 that a publicly-available°hard word system can solve°hard word next year's°hard word exam on the day of the exam.

But does that mean very much? The Putnam°hard word exam is a very specific°hard word type of mathematics; one that tends°hard word to not°hard word be very useful°hard word in any other context°hard word. And the problems are ones that could be solved°hard word in a generative°hard word sense without relying°hard word on mathematical°hard word insight°hard word; there aren't°hard word that many possible approaches°hard word to this type of problem.

💡 "aren't°hard word that many" could easily be "tens of thousands°hard word". A college°hard word freshman°hard word would be insane°hard word to memorize°hard word such a list, but an LLM°hard word could easily do so.