Member features · 2026-09-15
Could AI shorten the path to a discovery?
The image depicts an imagined future.
The starting point
On May 14, 2025, Google DeepMind introduced AlphaEvolve, combining program proposals with automated evaluation. Computational results do not automatically extend to all experimental science.
AlphaEvolve · 2025-05-14
From here, we explore a possible future
AI proposes an idea, another system tests it, and the result informs the next proposal. As this loop expands, what would determine the pace of research?
Inside this feature
- A laboratory could begin the day with tested candidates
- Measurable problems offer a starting point
- Better computation could help the next study
- Physical experiments still take time
- Smaller laboratories could contribute
- Evidence beyond plausible ideas
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