Language models predict research outcomes across different training environments

Experimental records from one environment improve intervention prediction in another, reducing selection regret by up to 78%.

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Zijun Wang · Zewen Liu · Minhua Lin · Zhaotian Weng · Zhan Shi · Bing He · +7 more

Amazon · UC Santa Cruz · Emory University · Pennsylvania State University · UC Santa Barbara

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The authors demonstrate that language models can act as Research World Models (RWMs), predicting the outcomes of experimental interventions across multiple research environments.

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Language models can use real experimental records to predict intervention outcomes across research environments, improving experiment selection and reusing knowledge across tasks.

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