Evidence, computation and AI : why evidence is not just in the head

Darrell P. ROWBOTTOM; André CURTIS-TRUDEL; William PEDEN

doi:10.1007/s44204-023-00061-7

Evidence, computation and AI : why evidence is not just in the head

Darrell P. ROWBOTTOM^*, André CURTIS-TRUDEL, William PEDEN

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Department of Philosophy

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Abstract

Can scientific evidence outstretch what scientists have mentally entertained, or could ever entertain? This article focuses on the plausibility and consequences of an affirmative answer in a special case. Specifically, it discusses how we may treat automated scientific data-gathering systems - especially AI systems used to make predictions or to generate novel theories - from the point of view of confirmation theory. It uses AlphaFold2 as a case study.

Original language	English
Article number	11
Number of pages	17
Journal	Asian Journal of Philosophy
Volume	2
Issue number	1
Early online date	4 Apr 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s44204-023-00061-7
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023

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The work described in this paper was fully supported by a Senior Research Fellowship award from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR, China (‘Philosophy of Contemporary and Future Science’, Project no. SRFS2122-3H01).

Keywords

AlphaFold2
Artificial intelligence
Confirmation
Deep neural networks
Evidence
Machine learning

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