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Can AI discover something humans don’t already know?

Yes—AI can help discover new knowledge. The strongest cases connect generated ideas to checks outside the model: executable rules, experiments and measurements. Novelty and correctness both need evidence.

Concrete research cases, with different kinds of evidence. No claim that AI can autonomously solve science as a whole.

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