Math Anxiety? and what it has to do with AI – 🔴at #HLF24 with Prof. Yael Tauman Kalai

Why does math feel so intimidating? Prof. Yael Tauman Kalai shares her insights, and we look at what this says about how we view intelligence, both human and AI. Hopefully, this video sparks some thoughts about how we think about the intelligence and capabilities of modern AI systems. 🔴 Prof. Yael Tauman Kalai is a famous cryptographer and theoretical computer scientist, holder of the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing. 🔴 Recorded at the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, September 2024: https://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/ AI Coffee Break Merch! 🛍️ https://aicoffeebreak.creator-spring.com/ Thanks to our Patrons who support us in Tier 2, 3, 4: 🙏 Dres. Trost GbR, Siltax, Vignesh Valliappan, Michael, Sunny Dhiana, Andy Ma Outline: 00:00 Intro 00:25 Why are we afraid of math? – Prof. Yael Tauman Kalai 03:06 What this has to do with AI. 06:36 What is the HLF (Heidelberg Laureate Forum)? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 🔥 Optionally, pay us a coffee to help with our Coffee Bean production! ☕ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AICoffeeBreak Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/aicoffeebreak Join this channel as a Bean Member to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCobqgqE4i5Kf7wrxRxhToQA/join ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 🔗 Links: AICoffeeBreakQuiz: https://www.youtube.com/c/AICoffeeBreak/community Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/AICoffeeBreak LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/letitia-parcalabescu/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ai.coffee.break Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aicoffeebreak.bsky.social Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AICoffeeBreak/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AICoffeeBreak Substack: https://aicoffeebreakwl.substack.com/ #AICoffeeBreak #MsCoffeeBean #MachineLearning #AI #research​ Video editing: Nils Trost