Ultimate AI benchmark should be novel scientific discoveries
burny_tech · x · 2026-08-29
The author argues that the hardest and most meaningful benchmark for AI is actual novel scientific discoveries (in formal and natural sciences), evaluated by their significance in practice and the quantity of such discoveries.
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