Nobel's 3-person rule outdated: scientists rethink prizes for AI-assisted research
JMateosGarcia · x · 2026-10-06
A thread argues the Nobel Prize's 3-person cap has aged poorly—key optogenetics contributors like Miesenbock and Boyden couldn't be included. Looking ahead, commenters imagine teams of 10k AI agents helping small groups of scientists make discoveries in 20 years, and call for redesigning scientific prizes to fit team- and machine-assisted science.
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