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Nov 23, 2024

Mathematicians’ Newest Assistants Are Artificially Intelligent

Posted by in categories: mathematics, robotics/AI

AI-human collaboration could possibly achieve superhuman greatness in mathematics.

By Conor Purcell

Mathematicians explore ideas by proposing conjectures and proving them with theorems. For centuries, they built these proofs line by careful line, and most math researchers still work like that today. But artificial intelligence is poised to fundamentally change this process. AI assistants nicknamed “co-pilots” are beginning to help mathematicians develop proofs—with a real possibility this will one day let humans answer some problems that are currently beyond our mind’s reach.

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