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Harvard Physicist Uses AI to Crack 400 Scientific Problems in Months
Original: Harvard Physicist Teams with AI to Solve 400 Scientific Problems in Three Months
A Harvard physicist reports that, working alongside artificial intelligence tools, he solved 400 scientific problems in three months — a pace he credits to AI handling calculations, literature review and code while he directed the research. Commenters are split: some call it proof that AI can dramatically accelerate real science, others question how rigorous the problems were and whether the results can be independently verified.
Why now: Claims of AI massively accelerating genuine scientific discovery are fueling debate about the technology's role in research.
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