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Many current AI improvements focus on mathematics, coding, and theoretical computer science because those domains are easier for AI systems.

Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 🔬 Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026

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“and they brought it down to at a certain time in the night upstairs somebody would be walking. And that vibration affected the laser set-up. Um so yes, science is very hard, but that's what makes it special, right? The other thing Liam and I have been talking about is a lot of the current improvements focus on math and coding and theoretical computer science.”
“science because it's easier for your limbs, but in real life most things that require intelligence are actually more like science. Like there's a lot of uncertainty, there's a lot of noise, um there's a lot of missing context, but you have to be the intelligent being and figure out what to do next.”
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