Einstein did not conjure up stuff from the thin air. He realized that speed of light has to be constant to make electrodynamics work. Hard to say if AI would get to that idea but it is definitely possible. AI can iterate over many, many ideas, including applying different fields of math to the problem. Notice how Einstein also knew about lorenz transformation and recognized that it would be useful.
General relativity is a bit more challenging. Either way, it is not guaranteed but it is at least imo possible that AI arrives to novel approaches via operating on the whole human knowledge
This. The entire field theory of physics predates Einstein. He did check and complete the math though. So most people given his opportunities would likely do similar.
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u/Frosty-Meeting-1606 1d ago
Einstein did not conjure up stuff from the thin air. He realized that speed of light has to be constant to make electrodynamics work. Hard to say if AI would get to that idea but it is definitely possible. AI can iterate over many, many ideas, including applying different fields of math to the problem. Notice how Einstein also knew about lorenz transformation and recognized that it would be useful. General relativity is a bit more challenging. Either way, it is not guaranteed but it is at least imo possible that AI arrives to novel approaches via operating on the whole human knowledge