The state of AI and Research in 2026

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AI Can't create anything new

AI Myth Number 1: AI Cannot Produce Anything New

AI only repeats what it was taught. That is a comforting line that appears whenever AI comes up in research conversations. AI is framed as an assistant, a parrot, a tool, a very fast intern with a big knowledge base and sometimes a flaky memory, but no imagination. The implication is reassuring, because it suggests the interesting thinking is still safely ours. But it is a myth.

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