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SOLVE: How AI Cracks the Impossible — With a Little Help From Digital Ants Anne Schultz, A.I. and Emerging Technologies Educator, Entrepreneur, Author Stanford, Silicon Valley , July 22, 2025 SOLVE: How AI Cracks the Impossible — With a Little Help From Digital Ants Play 00:00 07:21 Mute Settings From protein folding to swarm intelligence, discover how today’s AI solves big problems by thinking small — one ‘Soant’ at a time. In an era buzzing with AI hype, one word pops up everywhere: “solve.” Headlines promise that artificial intelligence will solve healthcare bottlenecks, solve supply chain headaches, solve climate challenges — and maybe even solve your daily to-do list. But what does it actually mean for AI to “solve” something? And where do ideas like ‘Soants’ — digital ants inspired by nature — fit into this story of machines solving the unsolvable? Let’s break it down. SOLVE: The Core Capability of AI