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That's being disingenuous to the point being made in the article. Archimedes's example is only given as an instance of the insight problem. I am sure you can construct such examples specific to any domain. That particular example was probably chosen because it would be familiar to a general audience, but the overall point is solid.

Humans have made some rather remarkable feats of intellectual achievements. Could AI have discovered relativity or evolution for instance?




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