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Epoch AI has released a new mathematics benchmark, FrontierMath, which has been turning heads in the AI world due to its difficulty for leading AI models to solve, even with access to advanced testing tools. The benchmark consists of hundreds of expert-level problems that are reportedly challenging and require specialized knowledge.
Epoch AI has created a new mathematics benchmark called FrontierMath that is notoriously difficult for leading AI models to solve.The performance results of FrontierMath reveal significant limitations in current AI model capabilities, even with top-performing models scoring poorly on the benchmark.The problem set remains private and unpublished to prevent data contamination, highlighting concerns about the generalist learning abilities of large language models (LLMs).The development of FrontierMath involved a collaborative effort of over 60 mathematicians from leading institutions, with approximately 1 in 20 problems needing corrections during peer review.The problems in the benchmark span multiple mathematical disciplines and require a combination of human expertise and specialized knowledge to solve.
Recent research by Epoch AI has shed light on a new mathematics benchmark, FrontierMath, which has been generating significant buzz in the AI world. This groundbreaking benchmark consists of hundreds of expert-level problems that are notoriously difficult for leading AI models to solve, even with access to Python environments for testing and verification.
The performance results of FrontierMath were revealed in a preprint research paper, painting a stark picture of current AI model limitations. Even top-performing models such as Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, o1-preview, and Gemini 1.5 Pro scored extremely poorly on the benchmark. This contrasts with their high performance on simpler math benchmarks like GSM8K and MATH.
The design of FrontierMath differs from many existing AI benchmarks in that the problem set remains private and unpublished to prevent data contamination. Many existing AI models are trained on other test problem datasets, allowing them to easily solve the problems and appear more generally capable than they actually are. This has led experts to cite this as evidence that current large language models (LLMs) are poor generalist learners.
The development of FrontierMath was a collaborative effort involving over 60 mathematicians from leading institutions. The problems underwent peer review to verify correctness and check for ambiguities. Approximately 1 in 20 problems needed corrections during the review process, a rate comparable to other major machine learning benchmarks.
The problems in the new set span multiple mathematical disciplines, including computational number theory, abstract algebraic geometry, and more. They are reportedly difficult to solve, with solutions often requiring a combination of human expertise and specialized knowledge.
Field's Medal winners Terence Tao and Timothy Gowers were allowed to review portions of the benchmark, describing them as "extremely challenging." According to Tao, "in the near term basically the only way to solve them is by a combination of a semi-expert like a graduate student in a related field, maybe paired with some combination of a modern AI and lots of other algebra packages."
The organization plans to release regular evaluations of AI models against the benchmark while expanding its problem set. In the coming months, they will make additional sample problems available to help the research community test their systems.
Related Information:
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/new-secret-math-benchmark-stumps-ai-models-and-phds-alike/
Published: Tue Nov 12 17:30:02 2024 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
