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by goatlover 2950 days ago
> Given sufficient training data, a neural network can probably learn to model physics.

Maybe basic Newtonian physics, but I seriously doubt any ANN we've built to date could come up with QM or Relativity no matter how wonderfully massive and accurate the data was.

Looks to me like those required sophisticated conceptual understanding of the world in addition to leaps of the imagination and creative thought experiments.