<p>Tom and Nate sit down for a classic discussion of the role of AI in the modern philosophy of science. Much of this discussion is based on Thomas Samuel Kuhn's influential book <em>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</em>. We ask -- is AI a science in the Kuhn'ian sense? Will the "paradigm" worldview apply to other sciences post AI? How will scientific institutions manage the addition of AI?</p><p>We promised an AI for science reading list, so here it is:</p><ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/ugvHCXCOmm4?si=1hnlvue8M4pV2TqC">[Dario interview with Lex]</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/ugvHCXCOmm4?si=1hnlvue8M4pV2TqC">https://youtu.be/ugvHCXCOmm4?si=1hnlvue8M4pV2TqC</a></li><li><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/levers?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios">Levers for biological progress</a> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/levers?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios">https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/levers?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/AdamMarblestone/status/1845158919523664019">X thread on theories of change in scienceshttps://x.com/AdamMarblestone/status/1845158919523664019</a></li><li>whitepaper linked by seb krier</li><li>Dwarkesh physics pod <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/adam-brown?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios">https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh/p/adam-brown?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios</a> — Nobel in physics went to ai</li><li>Ai policy perspectives piece <a href="https://www.aipolicyperspectives.com/p/a-new-golden-age-of-discovery"><em>A new golden age of discovery</em>https://www.aipolicyperspectives.com/p/a-new-golden-age-of-discovery</a></li><li>Owl posting checking recent NeurIPS papers <a href="https://www.owlposting.com/p/can-o1-preview-find-major-mistakes">https://www.owlposting.com/p/can-o1-preview-find-major-mistakes</a> based on idea from Ethan Mollick <a href="https://x.com/emollick/status/1868329599438037491">https://x.com/emollick/status/1868329599438037491</a></li><li>also another post on the subject <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/amistrongeryet/p/the-black-spatula-project?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios">https://open.substack.com/pub/amistrongeryet/p/the-black-spatula-project?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios</a></li><li>Kuhn’s <em>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</em></li><li>intrinsic perspective <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/erikhoel/p/great-scientists-follow-intuition?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios">https://open.substack.com/pub/erikhoel/p/great-scientists-follow-intuition?r=68gy5&amp;utm_medium=ios</a></li></ul><p>Get The Retort (<a href="https://retortai.com/)…" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://retortai.com/)…</a><br/>… on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetortAIPodcast" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetortAIPodcast</a><br/>… on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0FDjH8ujv7p8ELZGkBvrfv?si=fa17a4d408f245ee" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0FDjH8ujv7p8ELZGkBvrfv?si=fa17a4d408f245ee</a><br/>… on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retort-ai-podcast/id1706223190" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retort-ai-podcast/id1706223190</a><br/>… Follow Interconnects: <a href="https://www.interconnects.ai/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.interconnects.ai/</a><br/>… email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="linkified">[email protected]</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.retortai.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">www.retortai.com</a>