Terence Tao Translated 24 Java Applets Within a Short Time — AI Found Errors Not Spotted For 27 Years
Fields medalist Terence Tao ported about 24 Java applets from 1999 to JS in a few hours with the help of an AI agent. It made one small mistake, but also found two mistakes in the original code after 27 years
This isn’t marketing talk. When the smartest people in the world say that these AI agents can help them, it’s real. This guy was able to perform a complicated job that would normally take weeks in a few hours. We’re talking about productivity.
Terence Tao, winner of the Fields medal (the math Nobel prize) has ported approximately 24 Java applets from 1999 to JS in a few hours with the help of an AI agent. It made one small mistake, but also found two mistakes in the original code after 27 years
Source: terrytao.wordpress.com
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