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"Can AI ever be Newton? Can AI ever be Einstein? Can AI ever be Picasso?"

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-22

Rohan Paul shares a video clip of Dr. Fei-Fei Li arguing that current AI systems remain far from human-level scientific discovery and creativity, using Newton, Einstein, and Picasso as benchmarks today's AI cannot match.

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Topics: agi-debateai-limitationsai-creativitygeneral-intelligence

Claims

  • Current AI systems are still far from replicating the revolutionary scientific or creative breakthroughs achieved by figures like Newton, Einstein, or Picasso.
  • Dr. Fei-Fei Li believes today's AI has a long way to go before reaching transformative human-level capability.

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Can AI ever be Newton? Can AI ever be Einstein? Can AI ever be Picasso?