Why and How to Do Science When AI Is Better at It: A Framework Grounded in Human Understanding and Direction

arXiv cs.AIOctober 28, 2026en

arXiv:2610.36116v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As AI begins to match or exceed human researchers at core scientific tasks, two questions become pressing: \emph{why} should humans keep doing science, and \emph{how} should they use AI when they do? This paper argues that the second can be answered only by answering the first. It holds that one indispensable aim of science is \emph{durable, collective human understanding of the world, pursued in service of human ends and values}. From this principle it derives a two-part test for when a research task can be delegated to AI. The first part, \emph{human understanding}, requires that the scientific community remain able to explain, defend and con

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