Anders Sandberg: co-writing papers with an LLM makes preregistering predictions painless
anderssandberg · x · 2026-10-07
Researcher Anders Sandberg shares an unexpected benefit of writing a paper with an LLM: it has boundless energy for preregistering predictions before running tests, and never gets discouraged when many predictions fail. "Disconfirming my own ideas is becoming more fun," he notes — the LLM removes the psychological friction of rigorous scientific practice.
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