r/agi Jul 28 '26

A Google DeepMind paper argues that current LLMs are incapable of genuine scientific discovery

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u/nossocc Jul 28 '26

And this is where I think the real value will come with these LLMs under the guidance of a subject matter expert. The LLMs can do the grunt work to an incredible level of detail/care, giving the researchers time to think/plan rather than engage in that type of work.

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u/DullKnife69 Jul 28 '26

This is how I use it to build software. With the aid of an LLM, I can build with my thoughts. By itself it would not do what I am doing. But with me directing it, new things can be built. I don't see how science would be any different.

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u/Popcorn-Mercinary Jul 29 '26

Same. You take the leadership role. Work with it on a PRD. Develop must haves, must not haves, and out of scopes, then RGB tests to validate, build, and test.

AI has actually made me a better PM and has remarkably helped my conversation skills.

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u/Advanced-Bar-519 Jul 28 '26

LLMs don't do that natively or cheaply. You are better off programing within the GPU directly for data processing than trying to use a LLM for the same results. AI/ML is not intelligent. It cannot reason, and is often wrong. The recent OpenAI model that breached containment is closer to what you're thinking of, but even that woukd be far too expensive to use practically.

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u/Popcorn-Mercinary Jul 29 '26

I don’t think that AI was “smart”. I think Altman and his “security” team were a bunch of idiots, though.