AI/Math Puzzle

I found a poster with a math puzzle that points to a reward website. I couldn’t figure it out, so maybe the prize is still available! The paper was taped on a traffic light pole at 15th St and Mission St in SF. It prints a math-ish AI-related formula followed by “.ai/givemeprize” and entices the reader to “come find me”. The SF Armory stands out of focus in the background, previously housing kink.com and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Both the SF Armory and the telephone pole now sit empty and barren. Here it is all typed out: prefix( [ 3! + argmax( softmax( [log(2), pi + e] ) ) + log*(16) ] ^ [ BusyBeaver(4) + ⌈H100 flops / A100 flops⌉ + 1 ] ) .ai/givemeprize Stop here if you want to work on the puzzle yourself! My Breakdown Below is everything I figured out before I got stuck. argmax refers to numpy.argmax returns the index of the maximum in an array refers to numpy.argmax returns the index of the maximum in an array softmax is more interesting. Wikipedia’s definition is ... Read full article.