New Paper on Automating AI Research: LLMs Propose Ideas, Write Code, and Run Experiments

ChengleiSi · x · 2026-07-30

A paper on "automating AI research" has sparked interest. The core idea is a closed-loop system where an LLM proposes methods to improve pre-training or post-training, a system translates those ideas into code, GPUs run the experiments, and the results feed back into future idea generation.

The reviewer praised this early work but noted that current RL-based systems often fall into the trap of repeating safe ideas, failing to generalize on benchmarks. Future breakthroughs require better execution and exploration systems that can think beyond optimizing a single metric.

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