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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

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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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