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pith:2026:XVWEDMQ33PSSM6VXTHQXLIRZ7B

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LLM Jaggedness Unlocks Scientific Creativity

Esther H. R. Tsai, J. Anibal Boscoboinik, Kevin G. Yager, Shray Mathur

Uneven capabilities across LLMs allow model combinations to generate more scientific ideas than any single model.

arxiv:2605.10574 v2 · 2026-05-11 · cs.AI

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C1strongest claim

we show that this jaggedness can be harnessed. We explore mechanisms of inference-time compute, knowledge pooling, and brainstorming to combine models effectively and construct meta-model ensembles that outperform any single model.

C2weakest assumption

That the total number of valid responses is a reliable proxy for creative potential, and that human or automated judgment of uniqueness and coherence accurately captures scientific creativity without systematic bias.

C3one line summary

LLMs exhibit jagged scientific creativity across models, prompts, and domains, and this unevenness can be leveraged via model ensembles to outperform any single model on idea generation.

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First computed	2026-05-21T02:05:05.103096Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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Canonical hash

bd6c41b21bdbe5267ab799e175a239f8764b42b900220339987e236e0924285f

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arxiv: 2605.10574 · arxiv_version: 2605.10574v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.10574 · pith_short_12: XVWEDMQ33PSS · pith_short_16: XVWEDMQ33PSSM6VX · pith_short_8: XVWEDMQ3

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/XVWEDMQ33PSSM6VXTHQXLIRZ7B \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
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