Grady Booch doubts AI's Navier-Stokes claim: insights may come from human experts
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-09-23
- Computing legend Grady Booch voices strong skepticism about AI math results in an ongoing debate.
- On the Navier-Stokes announcement, he notes fluid dynamics experts downplay the result and many suspect the insight came from humans who have worked in the field for years, not the AI itself.
- He stresses that extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence, which he hasn't seen.
- On intelligence, he argues terms like intelligence and consciousness are suitcase words, and that AI demonstrates induction and deduction but abductive reasoning remains undemonstrated.
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