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Reasoning strategies that are optimal for mathematics or theoretical computer science may not be optimal for scientific work.
Liam Fedus · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“I think like a really interesting point to build on that too is the optimal reasoning strategies to do math, to do theoretical computer science, to do these types of things may not be the optimal reasoning strategies to do science.”Play from 8:53Report a misattribution
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