# Neural Networks Are Sophisticated Curve-Fitters, Not Designers

- slug: neural-networks-are-sophisticated-curve-fitters-not-designers
- date: 2026-04-02
- category: Space & Aerospace

A neural network told engineers to make a transistor bigger. The correct answer was smaller. A University of Florida paper shows causal AI gets analog circuit design right where standard neural networks get the direction completely backwards.

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