AI in chess and mathematics does not explain anything; it says which position is better, and humans build the theory from that.

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  This decade, AI could propose a conjecture connecting two things nobody thought were related, with a real chance of it being correct and meaningful.

  Fridman says AI in chess and mathematics explains nothing — it says which position is better and humans build the theory from that. Tao thinks a model could propose a conjecture connecting two things nobody thought were related, with a real chance of being right and meaningful. A conjecture is not an explanation, and it is a good deal more than a score.

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