Harvard physicist builds BootLoops for AI-driven scientific calculations

harvard physicist matthew schwartz created bootloops, an open-source harness that utilizes ai models for precise scientific calculations. schwartz and 19 co-authors used bootloops to produce 36 manuscripts across 18 fields in just three months. the tool helped ai model claude compute 30 integrals, solve a 20-year-old ecology equation, and analyze 5.7 billion mutation pairs from the 1000 genomes project. schwartz notes that ai often requires human oversight to avoid incorrect conclusions. this development accelerates research, changes how scientists work, and raises questions about the future of research funding and phd training.