# Open Science Tech Tree **Entity class:** Research-coordination proposal **Domain:** Open science / artificial intelligence **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition An open-science tech tree organizes public scientific goals, prerequisite knowledge, unresolved problems, experiments, and machine-readable progress into a shared map for coordinated discovery. ## Mechanism and significance Public or reserved compute can be assigned to explicit problem sets while human researchers choose questions, evaluate evidence, and publish machine-assisted work for reuse by others. ## Relationships - [[wiki/AI for Science|AI for Science]] - [[wiki/Compute Allocation|Compute Allocation]] - [[wiki/Digital Public Infrastructure|Digital Public Infrastructure]] - [[wiki/Moonshots - The Coming Manhattan Project|Moonshots — The Coming Manhattan Project]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/All Things Superintelligence Research - The Coming Manhattan Project - Moonshots|All Things Superintelligence Research — The Coming Manhattan Project — Moonshots]] — episode transcript, reconciled against the preserved ElevenLabs timing layer. - [[research/All Things Superintelligence Research - The Coming Manhattan Project - Moonshots - Reminder and Wiki Preparation|Reminder and Wiki Preparation]] — coherent-thought ledger and evidence boundaries. ## Evidence boundary A tech tree is a proposed coordination architecture, not evidence that science has one linear path. Open outputs still require validation, governance, domain expertise, and durable funding. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > Open science needs a compute-backed tech tree for humanity: reserve part of frontier capacity, organize collective knowledge into explicit problem sets, and let human question-setting direct machine research toward public goods. > **— Adapted from Emad Mostaque**, *Moonshots, October 7, 2026* [[reminders/Scientific Literacy/Open Science Needs a Compute-Backed Tech Tree for Humanity by Emad Mostaque|Open Science Needs a Compute-Backed Tech Tree for Humanity by Emad Mostaque]]