DeepMind's AI Helped Crack Two Mathematical Puzzles That Stumped Humans for Decades

With his telescope, Galileo gathered a vast trove of observations on celestial objects. With his mind, he found patterns in that universe of data, creating theories on motion and mechanics that paved the way for modern science. Using AI, DeepMind just gave mathematicians a new telescope. Working with two teams of mathematicians, DeepMind engineered an algorithm that can look across different mathematical fields and spot connections that previously escaped the human mind. The AI doesn't do all the work--when fed sufficient data, it finds patterns.