https://www.quantamagazine.org/science-has-entered-a-new-era-of-alchemy-good-20211020/
The Uselessness of Useful Knowledge
Robbert Dijkgraaf
October 20, 2021
Today’s powerful but little-understood artificial intelligence breakthroughs echo past examples of unexpected scientific progress.
“…the current state of AI research is nothing new in the history of science. It is just a necessary adolescent phase that many fields have experienced, characterized by trial and error, confusion, overconfidence and a lack of overall understanding.”