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AI and Mathematics, from Beijing – #123
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Special episode recorded in Beijing. Steve discusses the future of mathematics in light of recent AI breakthroughs, the state of AI in China, and some thoughts on China's innovation economy. Chapter Markers: (00:00) - Beijing walk (03:44) - OpenAI Shocks Math World (07:11) - Will Humans Quit Math (11:01) - Tao Versus Yau Visions (12:38) - Building Hard Math Data (13:56) - China AI Ecosystem, US AI bubble and P (Doom) (15:58) - US-China AI competition (21:52) - Hangzhou meeting and financial markets – Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and…