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Google DeepMind’s new AI system can solve complex geometry problems: Its performance matches the smartest high school mathematicians and is much stronger than the previous state-of-the-art system. (www.technologyreview.com)
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[–] Lugh 3 points 10 months ago

It will be interesting to see if they can take this symbolic engine approach further. Geometry problems are very neat and tidy, compared to using logic to solve real world problems. In particular I wonder if this could be some small step towards AGI.