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eppur_se_muova

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6. Do you know more details about the methodology ? I'm no expert here, but I'm guessing this was basically ...

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 09:42 AM

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... "machine learning", which has led to a number of discoveries in the physical sciences, but which is not Large Language Model AI. If anything, it's closer to classical numerical curve-fitting than to "AI" as such.

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you're right WhiskeyGrinder 1 hr ago #8

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