The Mathematician and the Social Computer: A Look into the Future

Abstract

In our evolving world, machines interact more and more in natural human terms across a range of activities and applications. By combining the strengths of human mathematical reasoning and machine capabilities for increasingly high level automated processing, we have a new paradigm for problem solving. We are closer every year to having human and intelligent agents brainstorming together. In the words of a modern philosopher, “The machine frees the human mind, and challenges it to new horizons.” Thus, our mathematician just might be able to help an intelligent agent with some of its major challenges, and vice versa.