Welcome to the AI crisis in math

Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher by Vox Media Podcast Network

Aug 20, 202640:30Technology

My guest today is Robert Hart, The Verge’s London-based AI reporter. Robert recently wrote a fantastic story for us about the debate raging inside the world of mathematics — and the existential crisis over what it means...

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