WE ARE IN THE "GENTLEMAN SCIENTIST" ERA OF AI RESEARCH

Summary from the TLDR AI newsletter

Discoveries were simple in the early days of science. Many were discovered in the course of pursuing a hobby. To win the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics, you have to be a physicist fully immersed in the world of physics. AI research is still very much in the 'early days of science' category. While many papers look complicated, AI research discoveries are often simpler than they look. Many things we learn about AI capabilities come from informal user experimentation.