Researcher Finds AI Great at Proofs and Experiments, Not New Algorithms

After months of hands-on use, an ML researcher reports that AI excels at generating proofs, implementing algorithms, and running experiments, but has never produced a significantly novel algorithm in his own field — prompting him to ask peers whether AI has done so in theirs.

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