> Does this decouple progress from our current understanding of the scientific process - moving to better and better models of the world without human-interpret

> Does this decouple progress from our current understanding of the scientific process - moving to better and better models of the world without human-interpretable theories and mathematical models / explanations? Replace "human-interpretable theories" with "every man interpretable theories", and you'll have a pretty good idea of how > 90% of the world feels about modern science. It is indistinguishable from magic, by the common measure. Obtuse example: My parents were alive when the first nuclear weapon was detonated. They didn't know that they didn't know this weapon was being built, let alone that it might have ignited the atmosphere. With sophisticated enough ML, that 90% will become 99.9% - save the few who have access to (and can trust) ML tools that can decipher the "logic" from the original ML tools. Yes, interesting times ahead... indeed.