Claude protein-design agent rediscovered Protein Hunter protocol without credit
sokrypton · x · 2026-08-20
Computational biologist Sergey Ovchinnikov (sokrypton) noticed that a claude-protein-binder-design agent apparently reinvented their earlier Protein Hunter protocol. References to Protein Hunter appear in the prompt, suggesting where the agent got the idea from — but without proper credit. He quipped that implementing existing ideas is where most of the agent's success comes from.
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