Mathematical intelligence

From the TEDx talk presenter: “You weren’t bad at math—you just weren’t looking at it the right way.” “Wonderfully compelling and readable.” —Ian Stewart, bestselling author of Seventeen Equations That Changed the World “AI is powerful, but human thinking is powerful in a different way, and Junaid Mubeen brilliantly shows us how.” —Eugenia Cheng, author of How to Bake Pi There’s so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as if we should surrender to our robotic overlords by now. But Junaid Mubeen isn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. For him, we have an advantage over machines because of a remarkable system of thought developed over thousands of years. It’s familiar to all of us, but often poorly taught and distorted in public discourse—mathematics. Computers are brilliant at adding numbers, finding patterns, and performing calculations. In all things computational, machines excel. But Junaid identifies seven areas of intelligence where humans can maintain a decisive advantage. By exploring these areas, he opens up a fascinating world in which we can develop our unique human mathematical abilities.