I assume solving one of the major open problems of physics?

adastra22 a minute ago | parent | next [-]

That’s already been done. I know of at least one novel result contributed by Claude to frontier physics. I’m sure there is more.

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type_enthusiast 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Would this be possible without it being able to run novel real-world physics experiments autonomously?

(Note: I am not suggesting we let it do this. Please don't, in fact)

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petilon an hour ago | parent | next [-]

AI could discover candidate novel physics without autonomously operating new physical experiments, and humans or instruments can later independently validate the result. This is analogous to how Einstein developed theories whose predictions were confirmed by experiments and observations only years or decades later.

	▲	auntienomen 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Do we have any examples of an current day AI system introducing a novel concept or perspective. We've got plenty of counterexamples discovered and some theorems proven, but afaik nothing analogous to a new definition.

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adastra22 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Why not?

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colordrops 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For it to be like a human it wouldn't just need to solve existing phsyics problems, it would need to push the field forward and introduce new paradigms.

	▲	petilon 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Solving "open problems" will push the field forward.