Scientists asked ChatGPT to solve a math problem from more than 2,000 years ago - how it answered it surprised them

world • 9/27/2025

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI.

The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Socrates challenging a student with the "doubling the square" problem in about 385 B.C.E. When asked to double the area of a square, the student doubled the length of each side, unaware that each side of the ne... [3984 chars]