Can Artificial Intelligence uncover an alternative physics?

An AI just independently discovered an alternate physics ~though the researchers failed to decipher its mathematical language.

Hey Guys,

I keep coming back to this story of a few weeks ago that was trending online.

It involved a new Columbia University AI program that observed physical phenomena and uncovered relevant variables—a necessary precursor to any physics theory. But the variables it discovered were unexpected.

How can this be?

This is all very sci-fi and alternative tim…