How can you simulate what is not yet reliably known? Ugh it's so frustrating to hear AI 'thought leaders' going on and on about this being a pancea, especially

How can you simulate what is not yet reliably known? Ugh it's so frustrating to hear AI 'thought leaders' going on and on about this being a pancea, especially when a majority of funding for the research even needed to train models has been substantially cut so Elon could have more rocket dollars