When Did LLMs Get This Good At Physics?

LLMs Transforming Physics Research

• 💡 The speaker successfully used ChatGPT to resolve a complex problem while writing a paper on quantum mechanics, highlighting its unexpected utility.
• 🚀 Unlike traditional machine learning for data analysis, publicly available LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are now being used for entire physics research workflows from start to finish.
• 🎯 This marks a significant shift, suggesting that large language models may be crossing a threshold in their ability to reason and contribute to scientific discovery.

Emergence of AI Scientists

• 🔬 Extensity AI utilized GPT-5 and CodeX to research quantum gravity and gravitational waves from black hole merges, developing a novel workflow for such investigations.
• 💰 A new startup, founded by former OpenAI researcher Liam Feders, raised $300 million to develop an AI scientist specifically focusing on quantum mechanics lab tests.
• ✅ Major players like Google AI lab and Saskana AI are also developing