In his book, "The Proof in the Code: How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI," @kevinhartnett.bsky.social tells the story of computer program Lean in an effort to answer a longstanding question: Can computers reveal universal truths? Out today from @quantabooks.org: https://bit.ly/43X5To1
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As Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown.com) says, the program Lean is "one of the most important things happening to math right now—future generations may come to regard it as the Euclid’s Elements of our time."
@quantabooks.org just released their first book, on the story of Lean by @kevinhartnett.bsky.social. It's a great story, about a pretty significant part of what's happening in math right now.
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Also: “There is no democracy without journalism. It can’t be done. That is why I am a journalist.”
Get the inside story on Terry Tao’s journey into Lean and AI for math. This is an abridged chapter from @kevinhartnett.bsky.social’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE, available in bookstores tomorrow!
Love that @kevinroose.com said on Hard Fork that THE PROOF IN THE CODE by @kevinhartnett.bsky.social is “the most interesting book I’ve ever read about math.”
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