Comment on Test firing of a 3D-printed rocket engine designed through computational modelparentComments−dgacmu2yI didn't downvote you, but it seems like a pretty nitpicky question to ask at the "we demonstrated that the thing worked and didn't melt" stage.It shouldn't have to compete - yet. Your question doesn't get at the more interesting one, which is, "will it eventually?"−InDubioProRubio2yOn contrair el capitan: It is trained on human designs and design processes. It has knowledge on physics and flow mechanics + propulsion simulations baked into it. It should outcompete a human, who gains that intuition by try and terror.−dgacmu2yThere's a saying from Rod Brooks that I quite like: "Simulations are doomed to succeed."The hard part is making sure the simulation captures enough of the relevant factors and that the physics/etc simulation is accurate enough.
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I didn't downvote you, but it seems like a pretty nitpicky question to ask at the "we demonstrated that the thing worked and didn't melt" stage.
It shouldn't have to compete - yet. Your question doesn't get at the more interesting one, which is, "will it eventually?"
On contrair el capitan: It is trained on human designs and design processes. It has knowledge on physics and flow mechanics + propulsion simulations baked into it. It should outcompete a human, who gains that intuition by try and terror.
There's a saying from Rod Brooks that I quite like: "Simulations are doomed to succeed."
The hard part is making sure the simulation captures enough of the relevant factors and that the physics/etc simulation is accurate enough.