This level has always been awe-inspiring to me. I remember, when I was in high school, hearing from a smart friend that she’d forgotten an important equation during a math test but was able to re-derive it on scratch paper. I couldn’t even imagine a path from where I was to the point where I could do something like that.
Unfortunately, there’s no happy ending here. I’ve learned more math since then, but proofs are still a black art to me; the derivations in Thrun and Norvig’s AI class are driving home to me how incredibly unable I am at manipulating symbols by rules into a more useful form.
This level has always been awe-inspiring to me. I remember, when I was in high school, hearing from a smart friend that she’d forgotten an important equation during a math test but was able to re-derive it on scratch paper. I couldn’t even imagine a path from where I was to the point where I could do something like that.
Unfortunately, there’s no happy ending here. I’ve learned more math since then, but proofs are still a black art to me; the derivations in Thrun and Norvig’s AI class are driving home to me how incredibly unable I am at manipulating symbols by rules into a more useful form.