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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to backtest mathematical/scientifi... by ben_w on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:42AM (#50413290)
It's been attempted with real data: https://github.com/haykgrigo3/TimeCapsuleLLM

However, it is necessarily a tiny model because of the limited training data.

All machine learning is extremely data-intensive compared to organic brains, it's nowhere near good enough to generate novel (relative to the training cut-off) maths or scientific hypotheses.

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