Lester Nare announces that the show will cover OpenAI's recently published proof of the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem in a future episode, along with the broader debate it has sparked over AI safety, regulation, and mathematician alignment with AI models. He explains that this week's episode was recorded before Labor Day and is a lighter rundown instead, with the deeper Navier-Stokes and AI discussion promised for next week.
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0:00Hello internet. This is your captain speaking Lester Narre with a brief announcement before we jump into this week's episode. We have received a massive number of requests from many of you in FFP Nation to cover the recent proof published by OpenAI on their solution to the Navier Stokes Millennium Prize problem. We see it in our DMs and comments in our email inbox and we are going to give the people what they want. We have recorded this week's episode prior to Labor Day weekend on our regular schedule. Obviously, this news has created a lot of waves and we have
0:42been working diligently on wrapping our head around not only OpenAI's solution but many of the larger conversation that have now arisen out of the publication of this paper among other things. There is now huge tension within the community of mathematicians as it relates to alignment with AI models. We've now seen multiple CEOs from all of the major frontier labs come out in support of a new AI safety pacing uh request for a regulatory framework uh and government involvement as well as global involvement. Uh there's been a lot of
1:23debate politically about how a democracy can operate in the context of having what appear to be uh increasingly intelligent systems that we may not have quite a handle on how to keep under control. It is a very complex issue. It's a very nuanced issue. There are a lot of uh high emotions and tensions coming from all of the different parties involved in this discussion. And over the last week and a half since OpenAI published their proof, that conversation has reached a fever pitch in part triggered by a tweet from a former uh
2:08anthropic researcher regarding his personal belief about AI's possibility to cause human extinction. We are going to be covering all of that in next week's episode. We are aware about how important the Millennium Prize problem solution as well as these larger conversations are for you and FFP Nation to hear what is our opinion and what is the actual science and mathematics behind the solution. Is it what it's all cracked up to be? Is it all hype? And we will get into all of those details. This week's episode, as I mentioned, was recorded prior to Labor Day weekend. We were going to be taking some vacation
2:49time uh in order to rest up and relax as we get prepared for a very intense few couple of weeks leading up to the Nobel prizes. But science does not wait for those who want time off. And we are going to be sure to get you guys uh a really really strong uh episode on all of those issues next week. And we appreciate you all uh having the patience to let us get that correct because as you know on this show we really want to focus on the facts and make sure we've gathered them uh sufficiently to be able to present them to you. So please in the meantime enjoy this laid-back relaxing episode which
3:30will be more of a rundown episode uh covering some of the upcoming things happening in science in the fall. And we will see you all next week with the Navier Stokes solution and the greater AI conversation. Hello internet. This is
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