‘AI is useful, right?’: Professor uses artificial intelligence to assist in research

For 20 years, a computational complexity theory researcher has posted updates about his work on his blog, Shtetl-Optimized. Last week, a Sept. 27 blog post he made about his recent findings began circulating among an audience of students, researchers and colleagues, largely due to its inclusion of a single word — “AI.”  Scott Aaronson, Schlumberger…