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otabdeveloper4 55 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Shunning AI is the human choice

> is going to drive some incredible discoveries in all of STEM

No it won't. Natural language manipulation is never a bottleneck in STEM.

jayGlow 55 days ago | [–]

I'm fairly certain LLMs have been used to solve some novel problems already.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/04/17/ai-solv...

esseph 55 days ago | | [–]

They seem to be having at least some impact

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2527564-mathematicians-...

jesse_dot_id 55 days ago | | [–]

I do not understand how you can believe that and I'm not really keen on trying to.

HappMacDonald 55 days ago | [–]

Aside from everything everyone else has mentioned, AI != LLMs

otabdeveloper4 54 days ago | [–]

There is no "AI" that isn't an LLM in 2026.

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