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AI is starting to make independent discoveries in basic science, as shown by AI's recent discoveries in how insect wings work. (www.nature.com)
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[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And researchers have been ml to analyze data for decades now. It's not a remotely new thing and I think they're purposefully being vague to try and trick people into thinking an LLM did this because it's the big AI buzzword right now.