AI Solving 80-Year Math Problem Sparks Intelligence vs Pattern Recognition Debate

Researchers debate whether AI solving a decades-old math problem counts as intelligence or mere fast pattern recognition, with some arguing that if a human did the same it would be called smart, and that solving an 80-year-old problem is itself a new idea.

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