this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
14 points (93.8% liked)

Futurology

3188 readers
15 users here now

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
voidx@futurology.today
Lugh@futurology.today
Espiritdescali@futurology.today
AwesomeLowlander@futurology.today
14
Google DeepMind’s new AI system can solve complex geometry problems: Its performance matches the smartest high school mathematicians and is much stronger than the previous state-of-the-art system. (www.technologyreview.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] cloudless@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

"High school mathematicians"? Is that a term created by AI?

By the way, Google Assistant still struggles to set alarms and timers.

[–] Lugh@futurology.today 2 points 2 years ago

It will be interesting to see if they can take this symbolic engine approach further. Geometry problems are very neat and tidy, compared to using logic to solve real world problems. In particular I wonder if this could be some small step towards AGI.

[–] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What a weird time to be alive. What do we as humans do with our lives when all tasks can be done well by machines?

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

One of the things I'd like to do is explore complex geometry, just because i think its cool. Just because a machine is at the frontier doesn't stop me from deriving meaning from it, just like the existence of great artists shouldn't stop anyone from painting. The chance that you make it big enough to have significant impact on society has been pretty slim regardless even without ai.