Dietterich: AI that can design instruments and run experiments can discover both knowledge types
tdietterich · x · 2026-09-09
Following up his point that most knowledge requires interacting with an external environment, Thomas Dietterich notes that AI augmented with the ability to design instruments, apparatus, and perform experiments can discover both kinds of knowledge — those reachable by pure reason and those requiring world interaction.
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