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May 2025
46m 25s

Will Computers prove theorems?

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Kevin Buzzard: Will Computers prove theorems? Will computers one day replace human mathematicians? Is this just around the corner, or decades away? Can neural networks spot patterns which humans have missed? Currently language models are great for brainstorming big ideas but are very poor when it comes to details. Can integrating a language model with a theo ... Show More
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