Opinion: Coding agent users could crowdfund automated astrophysics research
deanwball · x · 2026-08-08
The author argues that sciences like astrophysics have become information sciences, and if all coding agent subscribers donated a tiny share of their compute, more astrophysics could be automated than currently done by humans. Government funding could focus on instruments and genius individuals, while open data serves as a global commons. This mirrors tax-funded science but with lower transaction costs, and as experiments automate, science becomes more autonomous and cheaper.
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