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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. robryan · · focus · HN ↗
      GLM 5.3 flash seems to get more excited the longer it has been trying to hunt down a problem. Complete with caps, many exclamation marks and emoji.

      It is funny sometimes because the actual issue it traced down was mostly inconsequential.

      1. 0123456789ABCDE · · focus · HN ↗
        isn't this just context shifting?

        if one were to remove the expressions of excitement from the previous messages would it the model continue to demonstrate that same excitement scaling?

        1. devmor · · focus · HN ↗
          Yes this sounds just like the effect where people new to coding AI negatively berate it like a person and it continues to get worse and make more mistakes because that’s what those tokens are related to.
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