Mathematical Modeling on Trial and the Maths Fix

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

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The mathematics curriculum of today was created before computers. Conrad Wolfram has written a book, The Math(s) Fix and how AI can be part of this process of learning new math. He says we’re “making humans into third rate calculators instead of helping humans be problem solvers.” He also argues that math should be approachable for everyone and we spend too much time in schools on the wrong tasks. We even talk about so...