[ExI] AI and Innovation

[John Clark]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> if given a problem, can they *[AIs] *come up with a* solution that
> nobody has thought of before?


*Yes.*

*1) AlphaGo's Move 37 in the GO Game against world champion Lee Sedol. *

*2) Protein folding.*

*3) AI-designed chip layouts that look messy and ugly to humans but
nevertheless  outperform Human designs in power efficiency, signal latency
and Heat distribution.*

*4) AI found matrix multiplication algorithms that reduce the amount of
computation required beyond anything a human has come up with*

*5) AI discovered new facts in mathematical knot theory that nobody had
thought of before. *

*6) AI found new strategies for controlling plasma in fusion reactors that
work better than anything a Human had thought of.  *

*7) AI discovered new crystal structures that are stable and have no
natural analog. *

*8) AI have designed molecules with unusual shapes that exploit pockets in
important proteins that before AI were thought to be undruggable.*

*I'm sure there are others, and remember, right now AIs are as stupid as
they are ever going to be. That's why I think 2025 might be the last normal
year. Happy new year. *

*John K Clark*
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