If AI beats human-optimal algorithms, will the Fourier transform become a relic?
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-07
Igor Carron cites a result where AI surpassed the best known human algorithm and draws two takeaways: humans have already pushed classical techniques remarkably close to optimality, and AI may now spawn highly efficient domain-specific tools. He uses the Fourier transform as an example — a general-purpose method that could one day look like a vestige if AI generates better constrained, domain-specific alternatives.
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