ScienceBuddy: Recursive-in-Recursive Self-Improvement for Interactive Scientific Agents
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ScienceBuddy introduces a recursive-in-recursive self-improvement paradigm for interactive scientific agents, enabling continual evolution through researcher collaboration and feedback.
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Source: https://huggingface.co/papers/2609.17523 Published on Sep 15
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WeintroduceandreleaseScienceBuddy,aninteractivescientificresearchworkspacethatbringscontinuallyimprovingscientificagentsintoresearchers’everydayworkflows.ScienceBuddysupportsresearchersincarryingoutscientifictaskswhiletransformingtheirrequests,feedback,andexecutionevidenceintotasksandevaluationrubricsforcontinuallearning.Atitscoreisrecursive-in-recursiveself-improvement,aparadigmthatcouplesharnessevolutionwithmodelreinforcementlearning:theinnerrecursionimprovestheharnesswiththemodelfixed,whiletheouterrecursiontrainsthemodelundertheimprovedharness.Harnessevolutionshapestrainingexperience,andmodellearningcreatesnewopportunitiesforharnessadaptation.Wepresentcasestudiesofresearcherinteraction,harnessrefinement,andmodellearning,withthebenchmarkcasesspanningfourscientifictaskfamilies.ByreleasingScienceBuddyasaresearchproduct,wemakethisparadigmavailabletothescientificcommunityandtakeasteptowarddiscoveryintelligence:scientificAIthatadvancesthroughsustainedcollaborationwithresearchersandevolvesalongsidetheresearchitsupports.Website:http://science-buddy.io
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