Good question. I think part of the reason why there has not been any *major* impact on Physics yet can be boiled down to the following few points: 1. *Actual* Physics is not *that* dependent on math. Most of it is applying equations that have been derived a century plus ago to novel/particular problems. 2. More advanced mathematical Physics is still too hard to solve for AI and/or numerical solutions have been more than capable for decades to handle most *actual* Physics problems. 3. A lot of what passes for “advanced theoretical Physics” is just a form mathematical onanism with absolutely no relation to reality, so even if AI makes some kind of advancement there it will not make an iota of difference. 4. The *real hard* Physics breakthrough will require some deep insight that is not contained within the “convex hull” of current human knowledge, and thus largely invisible to the *current* AI systems. Just my thoughts on the matter.