ScholarCatalyst: a benchmark for 'research taste', labeled by 184 authors

lateinteraction · x · 2026-10-02

ScholarCatalyst is a new far-from-saturated benchmark measuring 'research taste': whether one can spot connections between discoveries and problems they weren't intended to solve. 184 lead authors labeled 'catalyst papers' on 207 of their own recent projects. The authors frame it as a first step toward agents with human-like research taste.

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