By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026Even worse: this kind of "AI" can't be applied to systems we *don't understand*. We can observe far more causal relationships - in which A reliably causes B - in the universe than we can explain. There are lots of examples of us operationalizing these observations without understanding them. 1211 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026If you get sick today, your doctor might well prescribe one of the many medicines whose method of action is either incompletely understood or not understood at all. 1212 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026We know that molecule A reliably treats pathology B, but not *why*, and while that *why* is the subject of ongoing research, it's not necessary that the *why* be known before the molecule can be given to ailing patients. 1172 0