Models beat humans at validation but falter at exploration, blocking science use
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-10
@petergostev observes that models are super-human at testing and validation, but this makes them worse at exploration and ideation: they latch onto one OK idea and validate it exhaustively rather than explore broadly. He sees this as a key blocker to applying models in research and science, though results attributed to Bell suggest it may handle exploration better.
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