Proposed research question
Can a revised case-building strategy help a system make better subsequent self-modifications, while preserving independent chemical validity and evaluation?
Where recursion would happen
Evidence selection, case construction and coverage diagnostics are candidate editable capabilities. The installed strategy must be used to test or design later system changes, including further changes to that strategy.
Generating more examples or updating a fixed learner is insufficient. This proposal still needs a credible scientific limitation, an executable case builder and evidence that its revisions participate in later self-modification.
Scientific feedback and evaluation
A source-backed candidate pool would supply structures, property evidence, units and provenance. Measured properties, computed proxies and constructed cases must remain distinct. Missing observations cannot be treated as negative results.
Keep chemical validity checks and final scientific outcomes outside the editable builder. Group related scaffolds, sources and parent records before splitting. Test whether a new improver produces better scientific methods in fresh workspaces, rather than merely easier cases or higher self-assigned scores.
The comparison we need
Use fixed construction, history-only selection and budget-matched search controls with the same accessible source evidence. If an exact filter or strong fixed method solves the proposed setting, record that limit rather than assuming RSI is needed.
Read the shared evaluation design.
Available now
- One attributed MolP2SBench source–counterfactual teaching pair
- A diagnostic demo and proposed feedback-to-RSI protocol; no implemented case builder
Needed for a future study
- A source with usable evidence, rights and scientifically meaningful grouping
- A reasonable starting case builder and observed performance records
- Independent validity checks, future improvement tests and controlled runs
A bounded contribution · Data curation and scientific test design
Propose a molecular case-building problem
This scope is for a research scenario proposal. To contribute a dataset or source alone, use the dataset contribution form; a complete RSI workspace is optional.
What to deliver
- Provide a source and version, reuse terms and a representative candidate or condition with property provenance.
- Identify a recoverable selection or case-building method and any documented coverage limitation. Separate observations from hypotheses.
- Suggest an independent validity check and grouping boundary; explain how a revised construction strategy could participate in later self-modification.
How it will be reviewed
A domain reviewer checks that the evidence supports the scientific question and that constructed cases can be validated independently. A resource-only proposal is welcome; it is not yet a complete RSI scenario.
Sources and contributors
The listing distinguishes original source authors from contributors who curate data, build software or design new checks. Preserve the source citation and record the contributed version.
Agree a manageable scope and a reviewer before starting. The form saves a draft on your device; contact the project lead to discuss it.
Project-led design. No independent scientific approval or completed RSI experiment is claimed. Accepted contributions and review decisions will be recorded as that work occurs.