In this episode, Nathan sits down with Elicit co-founders Andreas Stuhlmüller and Jungwon Byun to discuss their mission to make AI-assisted research more accessible and reliable. Learn about their unique approach to task decomposition, which allows language models to accurately tackle complex research questions. We delve into the company's tech stack, their transition from nonprofit to startup, and their dedication to creating trustworthy AI tools for high-stakes applications. Join us for an exploration of the future of AI in research.The Cognitive Revolution is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.coHELPFUL LINKS: Elicit : https://elicit.com/Andreas Stuhlmüller : https://twitter.com/stuhlmuellerJungwon Byun : https://twitter.com/jungofthewonSPONSORS:Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitiveODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more.Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.comThe Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCRPlumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access.Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist.TIMESTAMPS:

Intro

What is Elicit?

Vision for Elicit

Making research transparent

How to use it?

Sponsors: Oracle | On Deck | Omneky

Task Decomposition

Defining the task

Eliciting fine-grained evaluations

Hallucination rates

Models in play

Sponsors: Brave | Plumb | Squad

Shipping a new feature every week

What was not possible a year ago?

Chain of thought

Tactically, how to structure the chain of thought

Data sets and fine-tuning

Scaffolding

Translating structure into more compute

Infrastructure for investigating papers in detail

Emphasis on high-value use cases over speed

Balancing long-term safety and misuse concerns

Monitoring research progress for negative impact

Evolving user base and usage patterns

Biomedicine as a key domain for Elicit

Expanding results and depth of processing

Reorganizing information for better understanding

Habit formation and frequency of use

The concept of an AI bundle subscription

Nonprofit to Commercial Venture

Nonprofit Team and Commercial Mission