Harvard physicist used open-source BootLoops and Claude to produce 36 manuscripts in 3 months
The Decoder · rss · 2026-10-03
Harvard physicist Matthew Schwartz used the open-source BootLoops harness with Claude to produce 36 manuscripts across 18 fields in three months, spanning particle physics to linguistics.
- BootLoops is an open-source harness that helps AI models perform precise scientific calculations
- Results often only became scientifically valuable once human experts stepped in
- Schwartz's advice: "Look at everything yourself"
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