Towards a Benchmark for Scientific Understanding in Humans and Machines

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.10327v2
• Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 08:57:06 GMT
• Title: Towards a Benchmark for Scientific Understanding in Humans and Machines
• Authors: Kristian Gonzalez Barman, Sascha Caron, Tom Claassen, Henk de Regt
• Abstract summary: We propose a framework to create a benchmark for scientific understanding, utilizing tools from philosophy of science. We adopt a behavioral notion according to which genuine understanding should be recognized as an ability to perform certain tasks.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Scientific understanding is a fundamental goal of science, allowing us to explain the world. There is currently no good way to measure the scientific understanding of agents, whether these be humans or Artificial Intelligence systems. Without a clear benchmark, it is challenging to evaluate and compare different levels of and approaches to scientific understanding. In this Roadmap, we propose a framework to create a benchmark for scientific understanding, utilizing tools from philosophy of science. We adopt a behavioral notion according to which genuine understanding should be recognized as an ability to perform certain tasks. We extend this notion by considering a set of questions that can gauge different levels of scientific understanding, covering information retrieval, the capability to arrange information to produce an explanation, and the ability to infer how things would be different under different circumstances. The Scientific Understanding Benchmark (SUB), which is formed by a set of these tests, allows for the evaluation and comparison of different approaches. Benchmarking plays a crucial role in establishing trust, ensuring quality control, and providing a basis for performance evaluation. By aligning machine and human scientific understanding we can improve their utility, ultimately advancing scientific understanding and helping to discover new insights within machines.

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