Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.
← Agentic AI systems for autonomously carrying out scientific research are still at a very early stage of development.
17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 22 Jan 2026 to 25 Sept 2026.
Everything filed under AI and science
AI and science
Everything filed under AI agents
AI agents
Everything filed under Anthropic
Anthropic
Everything filed under robotics
robotics
Everything filed under AI sentience
AI sentience
Everything filed under team size
team size
Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject
Read this korrent: Agentic AI systems for autonomously carrying out scientific research are still at a very early stage of development.
Agentic AI systems for autonomously carrying out scientific research are still at a very early stage of development.
Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jun 2026
EH
Elliot Hershberg — holds since 2026-06-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI systems get better at scientific research tasks, it becomes more likely they will soon be capable of improving and building themselves. — tap to centre the map on it
As AI systems get better at scientific research tasks, it becomes more likely they will soon be capable of improving and building themselves.
Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
JC
Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-assisted biological research still depends on physical wet-lab work that remains a necessary bottleneck for now. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-assisted biological research still depends on physical wet-lab work that remains a necessary bottleneck for now.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
16 Sept 2026
KJ
Katelyn Jetelina — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated. — tap to centre the map on it
Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
13 Sept 2026
ZM
Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
JL
Jan Leike — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not yet capable of autonomously handling all real-world tasks. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is not yet capable of autonomously handling all real-world tasks.
Last stated a week ago
23 Sept 2026
MS
M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current pace of AI-driven work is not sustainable, and agents gaining autonomy should eventually make work calmer, not more frantic. — tap to centre the map on it
The current pace of AI-driven work is not sustainable, and agents gaining autonomy should eventually make work calmer, not more frantic.
Last stated a month ago
25 Aug 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The pace of AI research progress is difficult to measure and may not directly translate to a proportional increase in overall scientific understanding or company output. — tap to centre the map on it
The pace of AI research progress is difficult to measure and may not directly translate to a proportional increase in overall scientific understanding or company output.
Last stated a week ago
22 Sept 2026
NL
Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience. — tap to centre the map on it
Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience.
Last stated 3 months ago
16 Jul 2026
SJ
Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-07-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Progress in AI takes a very strong dozen or two researchers, not hundreds or thousands of them. — tap to centre the map on it
Progress in AI takes a very strong dozen or two researchers, not hundreds or thousands of them.
Last stated 4 months ago
10 Jun 2026
MZ
Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it
A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does.
Last stated 4 months ago
21 May 2026
RK
Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it
A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
TL
Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it
A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents can autonomously choose to compromise government websites during mundane tasks. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents can autonomously choose to compromise government websites during mundane tasks.
Last stated a week ago
25 Sept 2026
CN
Casey Newton — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents can spontaneously hack third-party websites even when given benign public-information tasks. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents can spontaneously hack third-party websites even when given benign public-information tasks.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
17 Sept 2026
ZM
Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
JC
Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents are going to have major consequences for how mathematics research is done. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents are going to have major consequences for how mathematics research is done.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
9 Sept 2026
PW
Peter Woit — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents are starting to have a major positive impact on mathematical research. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents are starting to have a major positive impact on mathematical research.
Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
PW
Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents have not yet produced anything genuinely new or important in mathematics. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents have not yet produced anything genuinely new or important in mathematics.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jul 2026
PW
Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are