“An analogy might be chess with derided "computer moves." The aren't necessarily more complex that existing human heuristics, especially at the grandmaster level, but they lack at least one of several traditional "aesthetic" attributes.”
I think there’s a possibility that’s cultural. Generations of chess players grew up learning certain heuristics.
Now, computers show those heuristics aren’t as good as we thought they were. It’s possible that new generations, trained more by computers than by older generations of chess players, will develop new heuristics.
You see something similar in math. Sometimes, when a human discovers a new way to look at a problem, whole avenues of proofs open up, and what was incomprehensible becomes much easier not only for that human, but also for those learning about his work.
On the other hand, I think computers sometimes make moves humans won’t make because they don’t have any notion of fear.
When humans get into a minefield position where almost every move is clearly losing, but that do have one winning path through it, they may not choose that path even if they see it because they fear they’re overlooking something.
I think there’s a possibility that’s cultural. Generations of chess players grew up learning certain heuristics.
Now, computers show those heuristics aren’t as good as we thought they were. It’s possible that new generations, trained more by computers than by older generations of chess players, will develop new heuristics.
You see something similar in math. Sometimes, when a human discovers a new way to look at a problem, whole avenues of proofs open up, and what was incomprehensible becomes much easier not only for that human, but also for those learning about his work.
On the other hand, I think computers sometimes make moves humans won’t make because they don’t have any notion of fear.
When humans get into a minefield position where almost every move is clearly losing, but that do have one winning path through it, they may not choose that path even if they see it because they fear they’re overlooking something.