What you must know before AGI arrives | Carnegie Mellon University Po-Shen Loh

AI Surpassing Human Capabilities00:00

For many years, humans were the top species, the most capable things on this planet. Soon, that will not be the case. The creativity in AI can probably surpass what we can do. AI is advancing so fast. Po-Shen Loh has three kids and is a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He's not sure what's going to happen to university. As a parent, he doesn't care much if all his children go to university because by the time they do, the world will be so different that the most important skill is the ability to synthesize your own ideas.

Interviewing High School Students for Creative Thinking00:31

He interviews lots of high school students who want to work with him. He asks questions until it's clear from their body language that they have never seen the question before. The expectation is they won't solve it, so he gives hints to see how quickly they synthesize them into a solution for a novel problem. That's creativity, and we really need this skill.

Background and Educational Initiatives01:01

Po-Shen Loh is a mathematician who likes to solve real-world problems. He's a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a social entrepreneur running an educational solution to make the world a more thoughtful place.

AI Solving International Math Olympiad Problems01:31

Last year, Google's AI solved four out of six International Math Olympiad problems. These problems are very original; national coaches ensure nothing too similar has appeared anywhere before. AI solved more than he can do.