Can we use maths to beat the robots?
More or Less: Behind the Stats
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This is the b b c podcast. We are weekly guide to the numbers all around us in the news and in life. And i'm tim harford. Will machines eventually take over the world and beat humans at their own game? The question isn't just a movie plot. But there is at least one area where we humans might retain an edge. Doctor gernade marbine is a british mathematician turned educator and writer. He thinks that humans can still beat computers in at least one field, and it might surprise you,. It's maths. Sure, computers are fabulous at adding stuff up, but genade marine says there's a lot more to maths than that.
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