@garrytan: Era of the Gentleman Scientist is so back
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A physicist named Yuji Tachikawa is using Claude Fable (an AI model) to make progress in mathematical physics, sparking discussion about a new era of AI-assisted scientific discovery.
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Era of the Gentleman Scientist is so back
Chayanka_42 (@42_gravity): We are entering a completely new era of science
Here is Yuji Tachikawa from Japan (Mathematical Physics, String Theory, QFT) on recent progress in his own work using Fable 5 :
“I’ve been trying out Claude Fable recently, and last night, on a whim, I showed it my research
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