Newton vs Neural Networks: How AI is Corroding the Fundamental Values of Science.

The scientific method has guided the development of science over the last four hundred years. The method involves carefully recording observations, formulating a meaningful hypothesis, and rigorously testing the hypothesis. Based on the outcomes of these tests, the hypothesis is refined over and over again till it can explain the observations. Scientists are taught correlation does not imply causation. For them, it is not enough to know that something happens; they need to understand the underlying mechanisms that cause it to happen.