Tasks and Benchmarks for an AI Scientist - GPT-4 Update
About a month ago, I posted some “real-world” science questions on my blog which I used to evaluate the performance of ChatGPT. (See...
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samrodriques
- Feb 6
- 20 min
Tasks and Benchmarks for an AI Scientist
A lot of stuff has been flying around recently on the question of what impact machine learning and artificial intelligence will have on...
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samrodriques
- Jan 30
- 5 min
A Catalog of Big Visions for Biology
The biggest scientific advances of the 21st century were driven by visions of a new future for humanity. In the 1960s, the great dreamers...
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samrodriques
- Jan 13
- 13 min
Can we build a consciousness-measuring machine?
I spent a chunk of 2022 thinking about consciousness: whether it is possible to measure it, and if so how. I am extremely grateful to...
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samrodriques
- Dec 4, 2022
- 6 min
Why is progress in biology so slow?
I have spent a lot of time recently thinking about why biology is hard. The goal of biomedical research is nominally to cure disease....
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samrodriques
- Nov 20, 2022
- 8 min
Letter to the UK RDI Landscape Review
The following is a letter I wrote to the UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy on Feb 18, 2022, with...
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samrodriques
- Jan 7, 2022
- 2 min
The Talent Liquidity Paradox
In light of the recent popularity of fast grants, I think an important concept to keep in mind when thinking about funding academic...
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samrodriques
- Nov 26, 2021
- 2 min
Focused Research Organizations
One of the ideas I worked on recently that would have fit well on this blog was Focused Research Organizations. Focused Research...
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samrodriques
- Oct 19, 2021
- 7 min
Academic Laboratories that Outlast their Founders
Introduction: Although they exist within the context of a university or institute, academic labs are functionally similar to startups...
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samrodriques
- Jul 31, 2021
- 2 min
Calvinball Blog
Welcome to the Calvinball Blog, where I plan to share thoughts and memos on the state of research and the research community. The name...
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