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Can Computers Be Mathematicians?

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The joy of y is a podcast from quanta magazine, an editorially independent publication supported by the simons foundation. Ceven: I love the formulation you're giving of what's difficult about being a creative mathematician for a computer. It reminds me so much of the experience that we've all had ourselves in to become human, creative mathematicians or as an adviser. steve strogaz: One thing we're doing right now is we're teaching the computer scientists just how deeply hard mathematics is. And i think that one of the things hat's happening in this collaboration is that computer scientists are beginning to learn more about the nature of what modern mathematics actually like.

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