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Ask HN: Why is problem solving in math still important in the AI age?

Posted by amichail |an hour ago |2 comments

bwfan123 an hour ago[1 more]

> AI will soon be better than almost all human mathematicians at math problem solving.

You misunderstand what mathematicians do. My favorite example is this: Birds can fly, but can they use their intuition to create a theory of flight, and then use that to build a plane ? This book by Bessis paints this really well [1].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Mathematica-Secret-World-Intuition-Cu...