AlphaGeometry: A.I. Solves Olympiad Geometry Problems
AlphaGeometry: Da Math Whiz Takin’ Ova!
Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry stay comin’ fo’ your mathematical lunch! 😎📐
Fo’ four years now, da computer scientist Trieu Trinh been all wrapped up in one meta-math problem: how fo’ build one A.I. model dat can crack geometry problems from da International Mathematical Olympiad, da yearly battle fo’ da world’s most math-savvy high-school students.
Last week, Dr. Trinh wen successfully defend his doctoral dissertation on dis ting at New York University; dis week, he spil’ da beans ’bout his hard work in da journal Nature. Dem call ’em AlphaGeometry, and dis system can solve Olympiad geometry problems almost as good as one human gold medalist. 🥇✨
While Dr. Trinh wen grind on dis project, he wen pitch ’em to two research scientists at Google, and dey wen scoop ’em up as one resident from 2021 to 2023. AlphaGeometry now part of Google DeepMind’s crew of A.I. systems, who stay known fo’ takin’ on da big challenges. You eva hear ’bout AlphaZero? One deep-learning algorithm dat wen crush chess back in 2017. But math, now das one tough nut to crack, ’cause sometimes da number of possible paths to one solution stay infinite; but chess, dat always finite.
“I stay hittin’ walls, going da wrong way,” Dr. Trinh, da main guy behind dis project, said. 💥🔍
Da co-authors of da paper stay Dr. Trinh’s mentor, He He, at New York University; Yuhuai Wu, aka Tony, one co-founder of xAI (used to be at Google) who wen start lookin’ into dis same idea back in 2019; plus Thang Luong and Quoc Le, both from Google DeepMind.
Dr. Trinh neva give up, and now he see da payoff. “We not just makin’ little changes,” he said. “We makin’ one big leap, one big breakthrough wit dis result.” 🚀💡
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AlphaGeometry: A.I. Solves Olympiad Geometry Problems
AlphaGeometry: The Math Whiz Taking Over!
Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry is coming for your mathematical lunch!
For four years now, the computer scientist Trieu Trinh has been immersed in one meta-math problem: how to build an A.I. model that can crack geometry problems from the International Mathematical Olympiad, the yearly battle for the world’s most math-savvy high-school students.
Last week, Dr. Trinh successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on this matter at New York University; this week, he spilled the beans about his hard work in the journal Nature. They call it AlphaGeometry, and this system can solve Olympiad geometry problems almost as well as a human gold medalist. ✨
While Dr. Trinh was grinding on this project, he pitched it to two research scientists at Google, and they scooped him up as a resident from 2021 to 2023. AlphaGeometry is now part of Google DeepMind’s crew of A.I. systems, who are known for taking on the big challenges. Have you ever heard of AlphaZero? It’s a deep-learning algorithm that crushed chess back in 2017. But math, now that’s a tough nut to crack because sometimes the number of possible paths to a solution is infinite; but chess, that’s always finite.
“I keep hitting walls, going the wrong way,” Dr. Trinh, the main guy behind this project, said.
The co-authors of the paper are Dr. Trinh’s mentor, He He, at New York University; Yuhuai Wu, also known as Tony, a co-founder of xAI (formerly at Google) who started looking into this same idea back in 2019; plus Thang Luong and Quoc Le, both from Google DeepMind.
Dr. Trinh never gave up, and now he sees the payoff. “We’re not just making little changes,” he said. “We’re making one big leap, one big breakthrough with this result.”
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