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AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 4d ago6/10

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Active Timepoint Selection for Learning Measure-Valued Trajectories

Researchers introduce an active learning framework for inferring continuous probability distributions from sparse data snapshots, addressing a key challenge in fields like single-cell biology where data collection is destructive and expensive. The method uses Linearized Optimal Transport to map probability distributions into a space suitable for Gaussian Process modeling, enabling uncertainty-guided selection of optimal measurement times.

AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · May 126/10

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MaD Physics: Evaluating information seeking under constraints in physical environments

Researchers introduce MaD Physics, a benchmark for evaluating AI agents' ability to conduct scientific discovery under realistic resource constraints. The benchmark tests agents' capacity to make informative measurements within budget limits and infer underlying physical laws, using altered physics environments to prevent reliance on training data.

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AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Apr 206/10

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Evaluating LLMs as Human Surrogates in Controlled Experiments

Researchers compared large language models with human responses in a behavioral study on accuracy perception, finding that LLMs reproduce directional effects but with inconsistent effect magnitudes across different models. The study reveals that off-the-shelf LLMs can simulate some human belief-updating patterns in controlled experiments but lack reliable human-scale accuracy, establishing clearer boundaries for when synthetic LLM data is appropriate for behavioral research.