Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done?

A Hacker News user questions whether AI has independently discovered anything genuinely new in the past two years, arguing that current AI systems primarily aggregate existing data or require human interpretation to identify novel findings. Commenters debate the question, with some pointing to examples like AlphaFold's protein folding solutions and mathematical discoveries, while others argue that AI lacks intrinsic motivation and that humans similarly rely on synthesis of past knowledge rather than pure originality.