Yes, Claude can do Nine Loops
Matt von Hippel, a former theoretical physicist turned science writer, posed a challenge to AI companies that would ultimately be solved a month later. Von Hippel, who blogs about physics and AI, wanted to see an AI tackle a problem in his former subfield of theoretical particle physics. Amplitudeology, a branch of particle physics, deals with computing formulas called scattering amplitudes to predict the likelihood of subatomic particles reacting in specific ways.
These calculations, known as scattering amplitudes, involve including a certain number of "loops" which measure the complexity of particle interactions. Most scattering amplitudes have only been calculated up to two loops, with a few reaching three. However, achieving more precise predictions requires calculating them up to a higher number of loops, which becomes computationally harder.
Von Hippel specifically challenged AI to perform calculations up to nine loops on a toy model theory called N=4 super Yang-Mills, a particularly challenging problem in amplitudeology.
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