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AI is solving math problems that stumped humans. What comes next?

A few short years ago, asking AI to add two four-digit numbers together for a third-grade math assignment would have been a bad idea. Over half the time, the answer would be wrong, studies have shown. Long division or a "leaky tank" problem, an algebra class staple? Forget about it.

AI is solving math problems that stumped humans. What comes next?
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A few short years ago, asking AI to add two four-digit numbers together for a third-grade math assignment would have been a bad idea. Over half the time, the answer would be wrong, studies have shown. Long division or a "leaky tank" problem, an algebra class staple? Forget about it.

Originally published at Phys.org

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