LeCun on AI and science: 'the boat reduced the importance of swimming'
kevinweil · x · 2026-10-09
Kevin Weil highlights a Yann LeCun analogy on how AI reshapes mathematics and science: 'The invention of the boat reduced the importance of swimming, but enabled the discovery of new lands' — tools shift which skills matter while opening new frontiers of exploration.
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