CodonBox

Dry

Can an AI scientist discover the rules of an unfamiliar biological world from experiments alone?

At run start, the agent receives only the permitted alphabet, exact total sequence length, and a 500-query budget. Each experiment returns one scalar fitness value; higher is better.

The agent records its evolving hypotheses and evidence in an append-only notebook. Scientific reasoning is scored in a blinded review after the Thursday cutoff, with official results released Monday.

An antique black-and-white scientific engraving of an open folded protein structure

Leads

Arya Rao Bryan Hsu

Scientific review

The append-only notebook and experimental record are reviewed without participant identity between Friday and Monday. Official results are released Monday.

Blinded Friday–Monday