Towards AI That Conducts Research

Abstract

With the rapid development of AI in recent years, the application of AI in science has expanded significantly. Beyond simply having AI perform specific scientific tasks, initiatives have emerged to enable AI itself to conduct scientific research, exemplified by projects like Sakana AI's "The AI Scientist." This talk will introduce research related to such automation of scientific studies, focusing particularly on the automation of machine learning research. It will also discuss what it means to create AI capable of conducting machine learning research autonomously, the challenges involved, and the current state of progress in this area.