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When A.I. Comes for Your Purpose in Life

When A.I. Comes for Your Purpose in Life

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In the span of just a few months, A.I. systems have solved some of the biggest outstanding problems in math — adding mathematicians to the list of those terrified of losing their job to the technology.

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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 the future of research.

Background reading:

Mathematics isn’t just a game to let A.I. solve — history
shows why.

A.I. is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped
to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean
for their future?

Steven Strogatz’s forthcoming book: Big Math.

Photo: Ian C. Bates for The New York Times

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