AI for Science Struggles with Hard-to-Verify Tasks
GaelVaroquaux · x · 2026-07-11
This reply mentions that AI for Science is particularly difficult for problems where answers are hard to verify, such as economics or health-related tasks.
The context relates to OpenAI's @joyjiao12 discussing the challenges of AI for science at the ICML GenBio workshop:
- When the "correct answer" for a task is difficult to verify quickly and reliably, it becomes harder to empirically judge the model's performance.
- Economics and health are cited as prime examples, as these issues are often both complex and hard to validate directly.
Related event: OpenAI Outlines Challenges in AI for Science(3 posts)→
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