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AI Isn't Outthinking Mathematicians. It's Out-Remembering Them

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AI may be beating humans at math less because it's smarter and more because it has a vastly larger "working memory." While humans can juggle only a few elements mentally, AI preserves hundreds of equations, constraints, and prior steps simultaneously, making it far better at long, complex calculations requiring precise bookkeeping.

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