Capstone 05 — Autonomous Research Agent (AI-Scientist Class)
Sakana's AI-Scientist-v2 published full papers. Agent Laboratory ran the experiments. Allen AI shared traces. The 2026 shape is plan-execute-verify tree search over experiments, budgeted cost, sandboxed code execution, a vision-feedback LaTeX writer, and an automated NeurIPS-style reviewer ensemble. The capstone is to build one, run it end to end within $30 per paper, and survive the sandbox-escape red team that Sakana documented.
Visual edition planned
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