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How AI giants tried to storm the last stronghold of the human mind: the math olympiads (english.elpais.com)

submitted 1 month ago by misk@piefed.social to c/technology@piefed.social

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[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

An olympiad is the time between olympics.

[–] misk@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You have to tell those guys because half of math competitions are called olympiads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematics_competitions

[–] marius@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe it's because they to math in between the Olympics?

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s called Olympiad because that’s what Olympics are called in Eastern Europe and we mostly either run or win those competitions so we get to name them lol.

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I know and it irks me.

[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only in the classical definition. The term "olimpiad" is widely accepted to refer to competitions on subjects not involving physical sports.

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social -1 points 1 month ago

Thanks captain basic facts!