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Strings Attached: When AI Starts Solving Physics

Mistakes are cheap now. That is both the promise and the problem of modern AI research. A large language model can produce a plausible derivation, a plausible proof, a plausible business plan, and a plausible explanation of why the previous three are brilliant. This is useful, until one remembers that “plausible” is the favorite costume of “wrong.” ...

March 8, 2026 · 14 min · Zelina