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Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics Physicist (PhD)

$80 - $110 / hour

MercorRemote - location not specifiedHourly contract

CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving.

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Last verified 2026-10-22

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About the work

CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is [arXiv:2509.26574](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26574) and we recommend reading it b...

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AI evaluationPhysicsPythonResearch

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