What If AI Could Fact-Check Every Scientific Paper?
What if an AI agent could read every scientific paper and actually understand what’s real and what’s wrong?
In this episode, we sit down with Ben Parr, ex-Mashable editor, investor, and now co-founder of YesNoError, to unpack how a math mistake in a viral research paper led to the creation of a project that’s shaking up the entire scientific world.
We talk about:
• The infamous “black spatula” paper and how a 10x error slipped through
• What it really means to build an AI that reads, checks, and ranks over 90 million papers
• The flood of mediocre publications hiding real breakthroughs
• Why decentralized science needs better tools, not just better funding
• What happens when AI agents become researchers themselves This isn’t about replacing scientists. It’s about giving them better tools and giving the public better access to truth.
Watch the episode.