AI Solves Grad-Level Theoretical Physics Problems in Days
GregCook2011 · x · 2026-08-18
Theoretical physics is crossing the same threshold as mathematics. An experiment involved feeding Claude an open problem in stochastic thermodynamics. Over a few days of interaction, it completed months of work and closed the entire problem class, signaling that AI will dramatically lower the cost of junior-level theoretical research.
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