Science via superhuman AI: shift of paradigm or shift of authority?
AryHHAry · x · 2026-09-19
A debate on AI's impact on the scientific method. One side argues science may need redefinition as "systematic study of the physical world through superhuman intelligence." The rebuttal: flat "HUMAN" baselines just make the NOW point feel convincing, and science depends on independent reproducibility—if evidence can only be confirmed by a bigger system, that's a shift of authority, not of science.
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