The AI produced the same hypothesis that a scientist produced, one that the scientist considered his own original awesome idea.
But the truth is that science is less about producing awesome ideas and more about proving them. And AI did nothing in this regard, except to remind scientists that their original awesome ideas are often not so original.
There’s even a term scientists use when another scientist has the same idea but actually managed to do the work of proving it: “scooped”. It’s a very common occurrence. It didn’t happen here.
Uh no, the AI didn’t crack any problem.
The AI produced the same hypothesis that a scientist produced, one that the scientist considered his own original awesome idea.
But the truth is that science is less about producing awesome ideas and more about proving them. And AI did nothing in this regard, except to remind scientists that their original awesome ideas are often not so original.
There’s even a term scientists use when another scientist has the same idea but actually managed to do the work of proving it: “scooped”. It’s a very common occurrence. It didn’t happen here.