Your LLM-assisted scientific breakthrough probably isn't real

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eggsyntax · 5h ago

Many people have been misled by LLMs into believing they have an important breakthrough when they don't. If you think you have a breakthrough, please try the reality checks in this post (the first is fast and easy). If you're wrong, now is the best time to figure that out.

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Your LLM-assisted scientific breakthrough probably isn't real

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