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Monday, August 31, 2020

How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning? AI tools are shaping next-generation theorem provers, and with them the relationship between math and machine

Title:
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?

Author:
Stephen Ornes

Published:
Quanta magazine, 27 August 2020
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-close-are-computers-to-automating-mathematical-reasoning-20200827/

From the article:
A formidable open challenge in the field asks how much proof-making can actually be automated: Can a system generate an interesting conjecture and prove it in a way that people understand? A slew of recent advances from labs around the world suggests ways that artificial intelligence tools may answer that question.