Alibaba’s math competition attracted more than 563 teams from all around the world, including participants from such prestigious places as MIT, Stanford or Princeton while for the first time this year, it allowed artificial intelligence to assist with solving questions.
When Jiang first discovered the Alibaba math competition, she didn’t have much confidence in herself, but still wanted to try her luck. Wang Runqiu, a math teacher at the vocational school, who ranked 125th in the contest, was the one who encouraged the girl and helped her join the competition.“She is a self-disciplined girl. When her classmates are playing around, Jiang Ping spends all her spare time studying math,” Wang shared.
“I used to think that I wasn’t qualified to participate in such contests, but maybe this can be an opportunity for me to prove myself, especially after learning that waiters, waitresses, delivery persons, doctors, and others can all participate,” Jiang explained. “If studying fashion design is my plan A, thenInterestingly enough, according to DAMO Academy, all AI teams failed to get into the finals, with the highest score being just 34.
While Jiang’s achievements are still raising debates all around the globe, the results of the finals will be announced in August and the winners will share prizes of more than 4 million yuan .