That's the whole point... at the very beginning the post cites articles that suggest or even outright say that AI is coming up with new theories (or in the CS w

That's the whole point... at the very beginning the post cites articles that suggest or even outright say that AI is coming up with new theories (or in the CS world, see all the articles and bloviators who predict AI will replace programming as a job). Regardless of what the scientists in the field would say one-on-one, the outright-wrong portrayal of ML in the press, egged on by VCs out to flip their investments, is causing problems for anyone who wants to actually make progress in their field, or recruit students honestly.