Vivienne Ming Proposes Generalizing AlphaGo's Self-Play into 'Co-Scientist' Agents

vivnat · x · 2026-08-19

Vivienne Ming outlined a plan at the Agentic Biolab Workshop to generalize AlphaGo's self-play mechanism into "co-scientist" agents. Drawing a parallel to human behavior—where play is essential to creativity, and creativity to discovery—she argues that machines should also utilize similar mechanisms for scientific exploration.

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