AlphaGeometry: AI Solves Olympiad Geometry Problems

“AlphaGeometry: Da Math Whiz Dat Gonna Blow Yo’ Mind!” 😎📐

Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry stay comin’ fo’ yo’ mathematical lunch. 👀🍔

Fo’ four years, da computer scientist Trieu Trinh stay all wrapped up in one meta-math problem: how fo’ build one A.I. model dat solve geometry problems from da International Mathematical Olympiad, da annual competition fo’ da world’s most mathematically attuned high-school students. 🤔📝

Last week Dr. Trinh wen successfully defend his doctoral dissertation on dis topic at New York University; dis week, he wen describe da result of his hard work in da journal Nature. Named AlphaGeometry, da system solve Olympiad geometry problems at almost da level of one human gold medalist. 🏅🧠

While developing da project, Dr. Trinh wen pitch ’em to two research scientists at Google, and dey wen bring him on as one resident from 2021 to 2023. AlphaGeometry stay join Google DeepMind’s gang of A.I. systems, which stay get known fo’ tackling grand challenges. Maybe da most famous one, AlphaZero, one deep-learning algorithm, wen crush chess back in 2017. Math stay mo’ tricky, ’cause sometimes da number of possible paths toward one solution stay infinite; chess stay always finite. 🤖♟️

“I wen keep running into dead ends, going down da wrong path,” Dr. Trinh, da lead author and da driving force of da project, wen say. 🛣️❌

Da paper’s co-authors stay Dr. Trinh’s doctoral adviser, He He, at New York University; Yuhuai Wu, who everybody call Tony, one co-founder of xAI (before he wen leave Google) who back in 2019 wen start looking into one similar idea on his own; Thang Luong, da principal investigator, and Quoc Le, both from Google DeepMind. 📝👨‍🔬

Dr. Trinh’s persistence wen pay off. “We not making little bit improvement,” he wen say. “We making one big jump, one big breakthrough in terms of da result.” 🚀🌟

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AlphaGeometry: AI Solves Olympiad Geometry Problems

AlphaGeometry: The Math Whiz That Will Blow Your Mind!

Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry is coming for your mathematical lunch.

For four years, the computer scientist Trieu Trinh has been wrapped up in one meta-math problem: how to build an A.I. model that solves geometry problems from the International Mathematical Olympiad, the annual competition for the world’s most mathematically attuned high-school students.

Last week Dr. Trinh successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on this topic at New York University; this week, he described the result of his hard work in the journal Nature. Named AlphaGeometry, the system solves Olympiad geometry problems at almost the level of a human gold medalist.

While developing the project, Dr. Trinh pitched it to two research scientists at Google, and they brought him on as a resident from 2021 to 2023. AlphaGeometry joins Google DeepMind’s gang of A.I. systems, which are known for tackling grand challenges. Perhaps the most famous one, AlphaZero, a deep-learning algorithm, crushed chess back in 2017. Math is more tricky, because sometimes the number of possible paths toward a solution is infinite; chess is always finite. ♟️

“I kept running into dead ends, going down the wrong path,” Dr. Trinh, the lead author and the driving force of the project, said. ❌

The paper’s co-authors are Dr. Trinh’s doctoral adviser, He He, at New York University; Yuhuai Wu, commonly known as Tony, a co-founder of xAI (before he left Google) who back in 2019 started looking into a similar idea on his own; Thang Luong, the principal investigator, and Quoc Le, both from Google DeepMind. ‍

Dr. Trinh’s persistence paid off. “We’re not making a little bit of improvement,” he said. “We’re making a big jump, a big breakthrough in terms of the result.”

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