vibe physics

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Physicist Angela Collier critiques 'vibe physics', the idea that non-experts or billionaires can make scientific discoveries by chatting with AI chatbots, drawing a parallel with vibe coding.

HN points to it as a takedown of AI-assisted amateur physics, though a few commenters push back on it.

3 comments from Hacker News

@southwindcg2025-09 · in “I asked ChatGPT a bunch of questions came up with solution Yang Mills Mass Gap”

Do you have a background in math and physics, or are you another person who would benefit from watching Angela Collier's vibe physics video? ▶ this video

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@DaiPlusPlus2026-08 · in “LLMs reward expertise”

> I have Claude break down high level physics "as if I'm a farmer standing in a field" - works beautifully. Careful now: ▶ this video

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@mattgreenrocks2025-08 · in “GPT-5”

He doesn’t. I think it’s the same mental phenomena that Gell-Mann Amnesia works off of. That interview is practically radioactive levels of cringe for several reasons. This is an excellent takedown of it: ▶ this video

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