Donald Knuth, the godfather of computer science, says an AI solved a math problem he was stuck on for weeks
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March 3, 2026
Donald Knuth is 88 years old. He's been writing The Art of Computer Programming — the most important book series in computer science — since 1962, and he's not done yet. He gave up email in 1990. He pays $2.56 to anyone who finds an error in his books. — Read the rest
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