Researchers debate AI-generated 'unknown knowledge' humans can't verify
ShalitUri · x · 2026-09-03
- Quoted take: we're entering an extreme knowledge crisis with paradoxical 'unknown knowledge' no human holds, potentially accelerating universities' internal breakdown.
- Uri Shalit replies that acceleration will be fastest in instrumental fields with few physical limits, like math research, though energy constraints will eventually cap it.
- He raises the core question: what does a proof mean if we know it's correct but no one understands it — while staying optimistic we'll learn to navigate this world.
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