Bloomberg video: AI's growing role in mathematics and math education, with MIT's Justin Solomon
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A Bloomberg Technology video reports on how AI is changing mathematics, with MIT's Justin Solomon discussing how mathematicians and math educators are responding.
The source reports that OpenAI announced last month an AI-generated proof for the Navier-Stokes problem, which it says is hard even for experts to parse. It also says large language models now tackle problems that have stumped humans for decades, while teachers struggle to keep up with AI-completed homework. The available material does not establish the proof's validity, and the report's account of Solomon's views is limited to the topic he discusses.
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- Bloomberg · TechnologyHow AI Is Upending the World of Mathematics
AIOpenAI announced last month that it had produced an AI-generated proof for the Navier-Stokes problem, a result the source says is hard even for experts to parse. The source also says LLMs now tackle math problems that have stumped humans for decades, while teachers struggle to keep up with AI-completed homework.
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