JamesApr 26

A 23-year-old with no advanced math training just solved a problem that stumped the world's top mathematicians for 60 years.

His only tool: a ChatGPT Pro subscription and a free afternoon.

In today's Beginners in AI 👇

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The AI didn't follow the standard playbook.

It used a formula well-known in other areas of math — but nobody had ever thought to apply it to this kind of problem.

UCLA's Terence Tao said researchers had been making "a slight wrong turn at move one" for decades.

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The implication: you don't need a PhD to push the edge of human knowledge anymore.

Experts still had to clean up and verify the output. AI found the angle. Humans confirmed the work.

That's the job description now.

https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/a-23-year-old-with-no-math-degree-just-cracked-what-pros-couldn-t-for-60-years

A 23-Year-Old With No Math Degree Just Cracked What Pros Couldn't for 60 Years

...and AI can help you with your (fictional)alibi

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