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FWIW I’ve used LLMs to invent new things. Not super groundbreaking fundamental research, but they were able to use physics to design a device that didn’t exist
by nerdsniper 8mo ago
FWIW I’ve used LLMs to invent new things. Not super groundbreaking fundamental research, but they were able to use physics to design a device that didn’t exist yet, from first principles.
- mrguyorama 8mo agoPics or it didn't happen More seriously, what in the world "novel" physics device did you invent?
- nerdsniper 8mo agoI didn’t say “novel physics” or “physics device”.
- mrguyorama 8mo agoOkay, so rereading it as pedantically as you seem to insist: You "invented" ("Designed") a "device" "using physics", and nobody has designed that "device" before, making it novel. "From first principles" is a fun statement because people like Aristotle also thought they were reasoning from "first principles" and look how far it got them. The entire point of science is that "first principles" are actually not something we have access to, so we should instead prioritize what literally happens and can be observed. It's not possible as far as we know to trick mother nature into giving us the answer we want rather than the real answer. Did you ever actually build or test this "device"?
- _345 8mo agoWould you share a bit more?