So here's a thing: I recently talked to the head of a new mathematics "excellence cluster" at a big German university. His opinion was that AI is a fundamental

So here's a thing: I recently talked to the head of a new mathematics "excellence cluster" at a big German university. His opinion was that AI is a fundamental new approach to solving differential equations -- in contrast to the classical semi-linear way in numerics. That's how it looks like when even scientists "go with the hype", and that's why nowadays in academia it (sometimes) feels like you can apply for any grant when you say you do AI.