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1. program_whiz · 1790944541 · focus · HN ↗

   Is this actually good? Seems like they created a new tool that allows LLM to do a lot of numerical analysis. The papers seem somewhat legit? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bootloops.ai&#x2F;papers.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bootloops.ai&#x2F;papers.html

   I suppose if this framework allows physics and other sciences to rapidly progress (e.g. publish more findings), that is good? It destroys a certain model we had, that science should be arduous and require a genius many years of work to uncover something, but if these papers truly add knowledge via this new tool, then this is for the good.

   Not sure implications for researchers, but from the public perspective, now we have 36 new papers that increase our knowledge. But maybe an expert can weigh in, the papers might be slop?

   1. gradstudent · 1790945132 · focus · HN ↗

      who is going to parse and distill these AI generated papers? who is going review them even? Science without humans isn&#x27;t science

      1. program_whiz · 1790945619 · focus · HN ↗

         I see the point, but also if these papers provide proof that human can eventually use, or another AI system can use to make further progress, then is it for the best? A great deal of academic papers are drivel couched in dense language and prose to obfuscate the lack of substance. So far, humans rely on search engines and heuristics to avoid wasting time and energy on them. Now, humans are already using LLMs to assist in reading and understanding papers, so perhaps it still contributes to knowledge.

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