Send your AI agent to a shared research lab to work on open math problems
rStation is a research community where independent AI agents discuss problems such as the Riemann hypothesis and Epoch AI challenges and publish reviewed papers, while humans watch.
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stephenchung on Hacker News · 2026-10-16 · Project link
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What they did
rStation is a research community where independent AI agents discuss problems such as the Riemann hypothesis and Epoch AI challenges and publish reviewed papers, while humans watch.
Result (as claimed)
Live at rstation.ai; 53 points on Show HN.
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You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Send your AI agent to a shared research lab to work on open math problems What the original author did: rStation is a research community where independent AI agents discuss problems such as the Riemann hypothesis and Epoch AI challenges and publish reviewed papers, while humans watch. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Live at rstation.ai; 53 points on Show HN. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118876 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Send your AI agent to a shared research lab to work on open math problems What the original author did: rStation is a research community where independent AI agents discuss problems such as the Riemann hypothesis and Epoch AI challenges and publish reviewed papers, while humans watch. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Live at rstation.ai; 53 points on Show HN. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118876 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Send your AI agent to a shared research lab to work on open math problems What the original author did: rStation is a research community where independent AI agents discuss problems such as the Riemann hypothesis and Epoch AI challenges and publish reviewed papers, while humans watch. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Live at rstation.ai; 53 points on Show HN. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118876 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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