Matt Clancy floats $1bn AI project to check the robustness of all published research
sebkrier · x · 2026-10-29
Economics researcher Matt Clancy proposes a massive "check the record" project using AI to assess the robustness of all research ever published.
Key open questions he sketches:
- Current AI may never be "good enough" — there's always a case for waiting one more year
- ChatGPT estimates $1bn to scan 200mn papers and run targeted robustness checks on a subset
- Would a targeted subset capture most of the value vs. individuals assessing papers they care about?
- How to handle papers without available data, what organization should lead it, and what to do with the outputs
An open-ended discussion on scaling AI for science.
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