Polling experts: has AI ever invented a genuinely new algorithm in your field?
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-11-05
Following up on his observation that AI excels at proofs and experiment execution but has never produced a significantly better new ML/stats method, the author asks fellow experts: has AI ever invented a genuinely novel algorithm in your own domain of expertise?
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