Frontier Models' Experimental Research Taste Doubles Every 3 Months, Report Says
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-10-07
A report from pzeroresearch claims AI is now better than expert AI researchers at designing experiments, with the 'experimental research taste' of frontier models doubling every 3 months since December 2025.
If the trend holds, it suggests AI's ability to autonomously conduct scientific experiments is rapidly approaching or surpassing expert human level, with major implications for AI for Science and automated research labs.
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