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The Past and Future of AI Scientists
arXiv:2608. 14407v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a survey of the past and future of AI Scientists: machines capable of automating science.
The Role of Rigor in Artificial Intelligence
arXiv:2607. 03634v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) has achieved extraordinary capabilities despite lacking many of the conceptual and scientific foundations associated with mature disciplines.
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From Observation to Insight: Mechanistic World Models and the Quest for Autonomous Discovery
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From AGI to ASI
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Reasoning Beyond Prediction: From Data-Driven to Causal Software Engineering
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