# AI Can Hill-Climb Its Way Through Protein Folding and Inference by Emad Mostaque > "There is something called autoresearch by Andrej Karpathy, whereby you can set an AI at a task and it will hill-climb. It will just get better and better at optimizing inference on an engine or protein folding or anything complicated." > **— Emad Mostaque**, *Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [25:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsdcF7EEvhM&t=1549s) — Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source object:** “There is something called autoresearch by Andrej Karpathy, whereby you can set an AI at a task and it will hill-climb. It will just get better and better at optimizing inference on an engine or protein folding or anything complicated.” - **Editorial status:** The poster preserves the source-faithful object, including visible bracketed repairs and omissions where present. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit|AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit]] preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument. - **Weekly promotion dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] records why this object was selected for permanent promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Longevity Escape Velocity|Longevity Escape Velocity]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/Cellular Digital Twins|Cellular Digital Twins]] - [[wiki/Biotechnology|Biotechnology]] - [[wiki/AI-Driven Biology|AI-Driven Biology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "There is something called autoresearch by Andrej Karpathy, whereby you can set an AI at a task and it will hill-climb. It will just get better and better at optimizing inference on an engine or protein folding or anything complicated." — Emad Mostaque, Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-mostaque-ai-can-hill-climb-its-way-through ```