John Wilder's latest piece is entitled "One Hour. One Dead 80-Year Math Problem. Welcome to the End of College As We Know It." His article is the result of an AI solving what was considered an unsolvable math problem proposed by the mathematician, Paul Erdős, which had gone unsolved for 80 years. John uses this as an example of the rapidly growing capabilities of AI. And a warning that:
Now college is facing the twin problems of not being able to bring in the smart students or even requiring kids to read, while AI is everywhere.
What is college even for anymore? What’s the purpose?
Particularly if many new college students have never cracked open a book, learned critical thinking, or wrestled with difficult ideas.
If you want to know more about the AI solving the math problem and an explanation of the problem, check out "An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years" at Ars Technica.
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