Einstein’s three-step view of discovery says AI still lacks the intuition jump
TZahavy · x · 2026-07-28
- The quoted article argues that scientific discovery is not just induction and deduction: Einstein’s view adds a crucial third step, intuition.
- Generative AI is said to have largely mastered two parts of the loop—statistical induction and formal deduction—but still lacks the non-logical leap from raw experience to axioms.
- The reply points readers to a three-level ladder of causal understanding and suggests those parallels may help “mathematize intuition.”
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