Mathematicians once viewed artificial intelligence as a clever calculator at best. Recent contests tell a different story. Systems from OpenAI and Google DeepMind now match or exceed top human competitors on problems once reserved for elite teenagers. Yet one researcher argues the machines succeed less through flashes of genius than by holding vast chains of symbols in mind at once. Davide Piffer makes that case in a piece published on his site.…
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