that's not how AI was used in this case. It's more like a professor with assistants. Professor says the assistants - why don't you dig in this direction, I hav

that's not how AI was used in this case. It's more like a professor with assistants. Professor says the assistants - why don't you dig in this direction, I have a hunch it might produce something valuable. And AI assistant does just that, proving or disproving a hunch. This would take the professor a lot of time if doing by themselves.