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Replying to Kantrowitz's remark about using AI to solve a millennium problem in maths, Mollick said there was a coordination layer: "There was what, 10,000 agents passing 8 million messages back and forth, right?" (39:59). He gave the figures as a recollection, and no primary for the result has been found.
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(39:56) Well, and the millennium problem adds a different piece. There's a coordination layer between There was There was what, 10,000 agents passing 8 million messages back and forth, right?
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This AI Expert Argues We Are Underestimating AI Impact — With Ethan Mollick
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