A.I.’s math problem reflects how much the new technology is a break with computing’s past. By Steve Lohr In the school year that ended recently, one class of learners stood out as a seeming ...

However, there is a larger issue. Many of the math textbooks that are considered to be “high-quality instructional materials” adhere to the math standards of a particular state.

Continuing to do so, some researchers warn, would be a mistake. Even the ability to outsource boring or rote parts of proofs to AI “would drastically alter what we do and how we think about math over ...