Yoav Goldberg: LLM Spotted the Pattern by Analogizing It to CRISPR
yoavgo · x · 2026-09-24
Yoav Goldberg notes that the LLM identified Anthropic's biology lab finding as interesting because it was similar to CRISPR, a known pattern. He cautions against over-generalizing from a single anecdote, but says it may tell us something anecdotal about generalization ability.
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