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roon (OpenAI): why would Anthropic staff’s Nobel-discovery expectation not be >95%?

roon @tszzlX

Why it matters

OpenAI staffer’s widely seen reaction (~61k views) to the survey item that 58% of Anthropic staff expect a Nobel-level discovery by Claude by 2027.

Summary

Posted Oct 16 22:01 UTC by roon (@tszzl); 60,761 views, 2,120 likes, 40 reposts when read via api.fxtwitter.com on 2026-10-17. Quotes @MTSlive: “SITUATION DETECTED: 58% of Anthropic staff expect Claude to be able to make a Nobel prize level scientific discovery by 2027.”.

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why would this not be >95%? alphafold made a nobel prize winning discovery in 2018. openai made several fields medal level discoveries just this year

Quoting @MTSlive: SITUATION DETECTED: 58% of Anthropic staff expect Claude to be able to make a Nobel prize level scientific discovery by 2027.

Source: x.com/tszzl/status/2111215889094001017Archived 2026-10-17 via fxtwitter (unofficial).Counts: 61,969 views, 2,154 likes, 42 reposts, 97 replies (at fetch time)

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