If we are going to speculate, then the question is, why couldn't AI do it? What kind of fundamental limitation would it hit? Data? But we could get a ton of data from already existing software[^1]. It is slow, but I have the feeling it wouldn't require as much computing as GPT-3, and it would perhaps be enough to train more efficient neural networks that can do the actual search.

Because how important is for human life, a compiler industry that finds ways to translate complicated simulations to AI algorithms could be the next big thing.

[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_quantum_chemistry_and_...