AI Can do That?? Silver Medal in Pure Math

AI has just achieved an amazing milestone. A couple of Alpha models by Google DeepMind scored silver-medal-level performance in a globally-recognized competition in advanced mathematics: IMO 2004.

This video starts by setting the context for this latest achievement, going back to significant milestones in 2022 and 2023 that helped set the stage for what just happened, sharing the story along the way of two remarkable mathematicians, and comparing their achievements to those of the Alpha models.

With the stage set in that way, the video then describes key details of the contest, including the scoring system, and how DeepMind scored on each problem, including details of a very difficult geometry problem that is solved in a matter of seconds. Next the video describes details about the training that was done for the AlphaProof and the AlphaGeometry 2 models. Finally, it assesses the implications of this accomplishment, including some of the fields in which this kind of capability might make significant contributions.