Can ChatGPT be used to generate scientific hypotheses?

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We investigate whether large language models can perform the creative hypothesis generation that human researchers regularly do.

• While the error rate is high, generative AI seems to be able to effectively structure vast amounts of scientific knowledge and provide interesting and testable hypotheses.
• The future scientific enterprise may include synergistic efforts with a swarm of "hypothesis machines", challenged by automated experimentation and adversarial peer reviews.