Reports
Write-ups of experiments that I run with AI models. Each report links to its code and data, so you can check every number.
2026
| Nov 6 | Can Claude also write neural network weights from scratch? I replicated Experiment 5 of the MIT post Sparks of Weight-Space Programming with Claude Opus 5.5. Claude wrote game-playing networks as text, in one reply, with no training. Its best networks came close to GPT-6 Astra. Its typical networks did not. |
best replies: 87%, 97% and 86% of Astra