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Powell: LaTeX code will recede as researchers interact directly with papers
“To your point about voice though, I do think maybe over time the code kind of might recede into the background more as you're just really interact, you're interacting with the paper.”
Victor Powell Jan 27, 2026 ▶ 12:43 ⚡️ Prism: OpenAI's LaTeX "Cursor for Scientists" — Kevin Weil & Victor Powell, OpenAI for Science
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Powell: AI tools will progress to running multi-day autonomous scientific analyses
“I do think that's sort of the progression where it's like, Doing, doing maybe work for a few seconds versus maybe we're already at a point where it's doing work for a few minutes, eventually doing work for hours, days, coming back with very complicated analysi…”
Victor Powell Jan 27, 2026 ▶ 19:56 ⚡️ Prism: OpenAI's LaTeX "Cursor for Scientists" — Kevin Weil & Victor Powell, OpenAI for Science
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