I take the view that if we don't understand it, it's irrelevant for science. Not literally but in the sense that if we don't see a tree falling in a forest it never happened. We might be living in a computer simulation, but if we can't observe it, who cares? Logic is not sufficient to prove everything. Otherwise experiments would be unnecessary. You can use logic to build mental models, but models are not the real thing. Of course, there is no reason why artificial intelligence can't do experiments. Even if they are only thought experiments. The problem is that every logic system has to start somewhere. With assumptions and simplifications. For instance, induction assumes that one step leads to the other. Causality assumes that cause leads to effect. But what was there before the universe? Only reality can answer questions without these concerns. And there is chaos, little changes in initial conditions of a complex system can make its future unpredictable because these little perturbations amplify themselves over time. A butterfly flapping its wings in China can cause a storm elsewhere. Philosophy is fine, but science is needed too.