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RLVR might be disproportionately bad at science

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the verification loop for theories can be on the order of decades and centuries, and even then we know today as the better theory can often actually make worse predictions

Blog RLVR might be disproportionately bad at science the verification loop for theories can be on the order of decades and centuries, and even then we know today as the better theory can often actually make worse predictions Dwarkesh Patel May 16, 2026 23 6 1 Share I’m writing up some threads that we explored in my interview with Michael Nielson . That episode was one of my favorites. The organizing question from my interview with Michael Nielson was, “How do we recognize scientific progress?” It’s especially relevant to thinking about what it would take for AI to close the RL verification loo

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