Physicists Let AI Pick Its Own Problem—It Wrote a Publishable Paper in 2 Hours
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-27
Two physicists asked an AI to choose a research problem on its own, solve it, and write a paper suitable for a prestigious journal. In just two hours, the AI produced a paper with a novel, significant result.
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