BootLoops is an open-source toolkit for AI-assisted scientific calculations

Anthropic says Harvard physicist Matthew Schwartz built BootLoops, an open-source toolkit for exact calculations in quantitative science. In a guest essay, Schwartz describes using Claude to connect methods across fields including ecology and population genetics, then working with domain experts to identify questions worth pursuing. He also warns that Claude can declare work finished too soon, citing a proof that still had an unproven lemma.