Lila Sciences founder: building scientific superintelligence via self-play against reality
tw_killian · x · 2026-09-15
Gregory Kyr, founder of Lila Sciences, laid out his mission: build scientific superintelligence to cure all diseases.
The method is "self-play against reality" — AI agents formulate hypotheses, design and execute experiments, and refine their reasoning through empirical feedback. He is openly recruiting, inviting people to DM the coolest thing they've built or discovered.
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