> Some can be simplified too if this can be done without loss of fidelity.
If you don't understand why the paper is in its current form, how do you know what changes would damage the fidelity for the AI? I think your example of alien knowledge is misleading because it suggests the aliens don't need to understand the info - but in this case we intend to keep using AIs to expand this work. So if you transform it into something that humans think makes more sense without understanding why it's in a form that we hate now - you risk losing something in the form that you don't understand.
If you don't understand why the paper is in its current form, how do you know what changes would damage the fidelity for the AI? I think your example of alien knowledge is misleading because it suggests the aliens don't need to understand the info - but in this case we intend to keep using AIs to expand this work. So if you transform it into something that humans think makes more sense without understanding why it's in a form that we hate now - you risk losing something in the form that you don't understand.