arXiv 2610.00314 · cs.AI · 2026-09-29
Predictive Credit: Measuring What Scientific Explanations Add to Experimental Forecasts
Jingjie Ning, Xueqi Li, Yibo Kong, Dongting Li
Carnegie Mellon University
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One-line takeaway
Proposes 'predictive credit' to measure whether research agents' explanations improve experimental forecasts; preregistered tests were inconclusive.
提出“预测贡献”指标，衡量科研 Agent 对实验的解释是否真能改善结果预测；预注册检验结论为不确定。
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