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🔬 Google's AI Scientist Started as an Attempt to Automate Kaggle — John Platt, Google Fellow Sep 22, 2026 · 2:01:26 John Platt details ERA, an AI system that maps scientific problems into 'scorable tasks.' It combines LLMs with tree search (UCB) to automate hypothesis generation, accelerating discovery in fields like climate science.

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🔬 Google's AI Scientist Started as an Attempt to Automate Kaggle — John Platt, Google Fellow

John Platt details ERA, an AI system that maps scientific problems into 'scorable tasks.' It combines LLMs with tree search (UCB) to automate hypothesis generation, accelerating discovery in fields like climate science.

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