Mathematicians’ Latest Problem: What if A.I. Can Do Our Job?
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Mathematicians’ Latest Problem: What if A.I. Can Do Our Job?

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Artificial intelligence has gone from struggling with basic arithmetic to helping solve some of mathematics’ most famous open problems — and the field is reckoning with what that means. Steven Strogatz, a professor of mathematics at Cornell University, describes the excitement and grief of watching A.I. take on work that gives people a sense of purpose — and asks what could be lost if machines deliver answers without the human struggle, insight and understanding that make solving problems meaningful. Guest: Steven Strogatz, a professor of mathematics at Cornell University who writes for The New York Times about...

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So many people are freaked out about AI taking their jobs, and now you can add mathematicians

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From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily. This morning, one of the hardest problems in mathematics may have just been solved, not by a human, but by artificial intelligence. So many people are freaked out about AI taking their jobs, and now you can add mathematicians

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