Isn't that just saying machine learning is incapable of producing novel discoveries that would have been difficult for humans? Because it has already succeeded

Isn't that just saying machine learning is incapable of producing novel discoveries that would have been difficult for humans? Because it has already succeeded in that area. The problem with fake news is that it takes advantage of a lack of knowledge surrounding the presented facts. Which is to say, if you aren't feeding that background knowledge to the ML engine from the start, it's fooled just like we are.