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Computers are brilliant at totting up sums, pattern-seeking and performing computation. There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to our robot overlords now.

Join Junaid Mubeen as he argues humans have the edge over machines because of a remarkable system of thought developed over the millennia – maths. He identifies seven areas of intelligence where humans can retain a crucial edge over computers.

In this talk, Junaid explores a fascinating world where we can develop our uniquely human mathematical superpowers and reduce the fear of future robot overlords.

This talk was recorded at the Royal Institution on 31 May 2022.

0:39 Introduction
2:33 Human-machine collaboration in maths
7:12 The rebrand of maths
8:09 The 5 principles of mathematical intelligence
11:45 The principle of reasoning
16:05 Can machine learning keep up with society?
18:04 The power of mathematical proof
26:08 The principle of imagination
40:34 The principle of questioning
46:12 The travelling salesman problem
50:34 Conversations with a computer

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