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Fujitsu Building Robot To Pass Math Exams

Posted by samzenpus on from the head-of-the-robot-class dept.

itwbennett writes "Pity those poor Japanese students who attend cram schools, either full time or in addition to their regular schooling, to have a shot at passing the grueling math entrance exams for Tokyo University. If Fujitsu has its way, those students will be upstaged by a robot. The company has set a goal for the year 2021 of building an artificial intelligence robot that can pass the exams."

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  1. Controversy in this article by bobbutts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It strikes a "major emotional chord" if a computer can handle some exam better than students? Does it strike a major emotional chord with a sprinter if a car can beat him in a race?

    1. Re:Controversy in this article by Eponymous+Hero · · Score: 3, Funny

      would it strike an emotional chord with husbands if their wives preferred to have sex with their car's shifter instead of them?

      does that work for you?

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  2. Word problems by Iamthecheese · · Score: 3

    Without word problems this is just OCR plus stuff we've been doing for decades. Even with word problems it's not groundbreaking, not since Watson.

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