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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. coliveira · 1790945998 · focus · HN ↗

      I believe the bar for publication should be &quot;can this be understood by (expert) humans&quot;. If that&#x27;s not the case, it may even be true, but who cares? It&#x27;s not improving knowledge, which is by definition human understanding.

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