http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/13/math-class-without-hand-calculation-estonia-is-moving-toward-it/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TEDTalks video, the TED Prize and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/13/math-class-without-hand-calculation-estonia-is-moving-toward-it/comment-page-1/#comment-30625 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:19:13 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=69357#comment-30625 “…such machines, by which the scholar may, by turning a crank, grind out the solution of a problem without the fatigue of mental application, would by its introduction into schools, do incalculable injury.” R Thornton, 1847 (from the Wikipedia entry “Technological singularity”)
Well, I guess we are all suffering the *injuries* today. As artificial intelligence continue to advance at ever faster speed, humans will no longer be able to compete. No matter how well-trained a mental arithmatics performer is, he/she is still confine to the limited speed and memory (small storage and very lousy when it comes to memorizing details) of biological brain. AIs will replace us, unless we cyborgize. And of course, if we cyborgize, the traditional mental arithmetics training would have little relevance.
I salute Prof Wolfram for his vision and hard work. May every schoolchildren benefit from his work.

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