{"ID":2824374,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00849","arxiv_id":"2601.00849","title":"A new kind of science","abstract":"We discuss whether science is in the process of being transformed from a quest for causality to a quest for correlation in light of the recent development in artificial intelligence. We observe that while a blind trust in the most seductive promises of AI is surely to be avoided, a judicious combination of computer simulation based on physical insight and the machine learning ability to explore ultra-dimensional spaces, holds potential for transformative progress in the way science is going to be pursued in the years to come.","short_abstract":"We discuss whether science is in the process of being transformed from a quest for causality to a quest for correlation in light of the recent development in artificial intelligence. We observe that while a blind trust in the most seductive promises of AI is surely to be avoided, a judicious combination of computer sim...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00849","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.00849v1","authors":"[\"Alex Hansen\",\"Sauro Succi\"]","published":"2025-12-29T14:44:37Z","proceeding":"physics.soc-ph","tasks":"[\"physics.soc-ph\",\"cs.CY\",\"physics.hist-ph\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}