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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

780 points · 805 comments · raahelb

  1. shonenknifefan1 · · focus · HN ↗
    > While combing through the raw DNA sequence near the RT, the agent exclaimed: “[The DNA next to the RT] is spectacular: I can see by eye a tandem repeat array … that's a CRISPR-like … repeat array?!”

    I love that with AI discoveries, we can relive the discoveries from agent transcripts like this.

    I'm sort of imagining future histories involving notable AI events peppered with direct quotes like these.

    1. Mistletoe · · focus · HN ↗
      Wow it’s just as cringe as when it says stuff to me.
      1. lukewarm707 · · focus · HN ↗
        claude does not return reasoning. it has a small obfuscation model in front of it to prevent "distillation" of reasoning traces.

        the reasoning you see is not claude, it is just a summary of claude.

      2. fahrvrgnugen · · focus · HN ↗
        This can't be described as cringe. That's such an odd adjective to use, it seems to me.
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