Saw Yale Engineering with Edison (4,4,2)

I believe the answer is:

laid eyes on

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'saw' is the definition.
(laying eyes on is a kind of seeing)

'yale engineering with edison' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'engineering' could be 'ai' (AI is an example) and 'ai' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for laid eyes on that I've seen is " saw".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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