Why AI May Solve Mathematics’ Hardest Problems - Yang Hui-He (Mathematical Physicist)

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In this episode, I sit down with Professor Yang Hui-He, a mathematical physicist who is a Fellow at the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences (LIMS) and a lecturer at Merton College, Oxford.

I ask Yang about his work on AI-guided mathematics and whether AI will solve the hardest mathematical problems, the basics of string theory, his career journey, who LIMS are, why he's working in Michael Faraday's apartment, and more!

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Timestamps

0:00 - Working in Faraday's apartment

3:30 - $1million problems AI could solve

7:38 - Does AI make you sad or excited?

10:54 - What AI can already do

14:57 - What AI struggles with

17:18 - How I became a mathematical physicist

19:57 - AI will replace your calculator

20:40 - What is string theory?

25:33 - Does string theory mess with your mind?

27:24 - Mathematics can literally drive people mad

30:27 - Lecturing at the Royal Institution

33:10 - What is algebraic geometry?

37:20 - What I most love about mathematics

39:47 - Princeton, Cambridge & MIT PhD

42:34 - How I plan years of research

44:14 - Does your work practically matter?

46:19 - One question for a superintelligence

47:53 - What is a good life?

Guest - Yang Hui-He

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yang-hui-he-22b3ab/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/yanghui.he.9

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang-Hui_He

London Institute for Mathematical Sciences (LIMS) - https://lims.ac.uk/

Oxford Physics (Yang) - https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/our-people/he

LIMS (Yang) - https://lims.ac.uk/yang-hui-he/

Royal Institution Lecture (The Search for a Theory of Everything) - https://youtu.be/llGvkEgXnAQ?si=FYBDjwcd6JsMlYYO

Royal Institution Lecture (How geometry created modern physics) - https://youtu.be/z8jdndd-x7w?si=i_4wdBzUyCawK12j

Royal Institution Lecture (Mathematics: The rise of the machines) - https://youtu.be/oOYcPkBaotg?si=NrAGlzIWitSU9vlo

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