Artificial intelligence will never replace human beings in their ability to come up with brand new theories, Chinese-American mathematician and this year’s Shaw Prize laureate in mathematical sciences Yau Shing-tung said.

Yau is sharing the US$1.2 million (HK$9.36 million) prize with Vladimir Drinfeld, Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago, for contributions related to mathematical physics, arithmetic geometry and differential geometry.

Almost everything in AI was developed by mathematicians, Yau said, adding it is useful in running math experiments but can make mistakes.

Full article: AI’s no wiz for Shaw Prize winner (The Standard)