signull: science is approaching a historic inversion where AI becomes the discoverer
signulll · x · 2026-10-28
AI commentator signull argues frontier science is approaching a historic inversion: humans will increasingly stop being the primary discoverers and will mostly define objectives, some constraints, and maybe meaning itself.
He adds that if what labs announce publicly is this incredible, imagine undisclosed work with massive economic implications. His extreme example: if any AI lab found an efficient factoring algorithm, it would mean the end of modern security and cryptography.
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