Months of daily AI use: great at proofs and experiments, zero new algorithms
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-11-05
After months of heavy AI use, an ML researcher concludes AI is superb at producing proofs, implementing algorithms, and running experiments — yet has not once produced a significantly better new ML/stats algorithm or approach in his areas of expertise.
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