Harvard physicist uses Claude to publish 36 manuscripts in 18 fields in three months
Harvard physics professor Matthew Schwartz used Claude to produce 36 research manuscripts across 18 fields—including ecology, genetics, and economics—in just three months. He selected projects from about 400 candidates, leveraging BootLoops, an open-source toolkit that automates scientific calculations with AI. Most fields were outside his expertise, but Schwartz structured problems to fit…
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- Harvard physicist Matthew Schwartz published 36 manuscripts in 18 fields using Claude in three months
- BootLoops toolkit automates scientific calculations with AI, funded by Anthropic and open-source under MIT license
- Project uncovered flaws in Medicare ratings, costing $0.9B–$1.4B, and solved unsolved ecology equations
Key findings include solving a 20-year-old unsolved ecology equation, analyzing 5.7 billion genetic mutations, and identifying flaws in Medicare Advantage star ratings, potentially shifting $0.9B–$1.4B in payments. The project, funded by Anthropic, where Schwartz is a visiting researcher, is open-source under the MIT license and works with Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT. While none of the manuscripts have been peer-reviewed yet, Schwartz emphasizes the need for human oversight due to AI’s tendency to overstate results or miss nuances.
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With Claude, a Harvard physicist produced 36 manuscripts across 18 fields in three months
maccus.fr · 13 October 2026
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