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The history of scientific development is one of finding patterns in data (think Kepler's studies of Tycho Brahe's accurate astronomical observations) - yes, AI

The history of scientific development is one of finding patterns in data (think Kepler's studies of Tycho Brahe's accurate astronomical observations) - yes, AI excels at that - but then expressing those patterns in terms of simple mathematical equations: orbits are elliptical to a first approximation (not counting other graviational bodies than the sun and a planet), and the sun->planet vector sweeps out equal areas in equal times, etc. https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-4/Kepler-s-Three-Laws https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-4/Kepl... AI doesn't seem to excel at producing such foundational relationships that can then be used as building blocks in more complex theories. That is, you could train an AI on Tycho Brahe's observations and get it to predict the future positions of the planets with high accuracy, but would it spit out Kepler's laws?

mdp2021 4y ago
> yes, AI excels at that Sorry for being pedantic about the terminology, but AI has been "deterministic", using direct algorithms as opposed to oracular machines, since those times in which the perceptron was relatively weak. What we are talking about here is very probably Artificial Neural Networks.
sebzim4500 4y ago
True but the vast majority of humans couldn't do that either.
chii 4y ago
but what if it spat out einsteins equations, and that it somehow magically works but the people looking at that output could not imagine the "explanation"? Wouldn't that look exactly like what AI we have today - able to make patterns or predictinos, but we cannot interpret the AI's "formula".
- AstralStorm 4y ago
  It should at least attempt to simplify its theorem, if even mechanically.