+0.10 AI in my plasma physics research didn’t go the way I expected (www.understandingai.org)
366 points by qianli_cs 294 days ago | 299 comments on HN | Neutral ~lite vlite-1.6
Summary ~lite AI Research Acknowledges
The author shares their experience with AI in plasma physics research, highlighting the challenges and lessons learned.
EQ 0.50
SO 0.60
TD 0.70
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 4 evals
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Audit Trail 9 entries
2026-03-07 21:03 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.02) - -
2026-03-07 21:03 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.02 (Neutral)
reasoning
The article discusses the author's experience with AI in plasma physics research, focusing on the challenges and lessons
2026-03-07 21:03 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-03-07 20:55 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.04) - -
2026-03-07 20:55 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.04 (Neutral)
reasoning
Neutral science article
2026-03-07 10:37 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-07 10:37 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-07 10:36 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-07 10:36 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive)