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# AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain

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**Published:** 2026-08-15T18:13:02.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** cognition, memory, comparison

## Summary

The key advantage may not be superior reasoning, but a virtually unlimited symbolic working memory\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://davidepiffer.com/p/ai-isnt-outthinking-mathematicians>)