What happens when AI can produce knowledge humans can verify but never understand?

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A community discussion explores the concept of the 'opacity bottleneck' where AI solves complex problems in ways that are verifiable but intellectually inaccessible to humans. This shift would mark a transition from AI as a tool to AI as an oracle, fundamentally changing how humans participate in scientific discovery. The core concern is whether we can safely direct an intelligence that has outpaced our own cognitive architecture.