Towards a new paradigm of scientific discovery with socialized artificial intelligence

[Submitted on 3 Aug 2026]

Authors:Xinjie Yao, Xingxin Xu, Xiyuan Gao, Zhoupeng Guo, Kunlong Yang, Dengyu Zhao, Siqi Zhao, Zhihe Fan, Yichen Dong, Xin Li, Jiekang Feng, Jiahe Wu, Sen Wang, Beiming Yu, Kejia Zhao, Ruipu Zhao, Jiaqi Zhou, Heyang Li, Jianjun Chen, Anbo Dai, Xin Liu, Zhengtao Yu, Qinghua Hu, Pengfei Zhu

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Abstract:Scientific discovery has advanced through successive transformations in the organization of knowledge. Observation and experimentation established the empirical foundations of science. Theory made it possible to derive general principles from particular phenomena. Computation extended inquiry into systems beyond direct observation, while data-intensive methods opened new spaces of pattern and prediction. Science now confronts a different frontier. The central challenge is no longer simply to produce more information, but to organize expanding knowledge, reasoning, and evidence into a coherent process of discovery. Here, we introduce Bridging Literature, Agents, and Zero-gap Experimentation (BLAZE), a paradigm of socialized scientific intelligence. BLAZE conceives AI not as an assistant for isolated research tasks, but as an organizational infrastructure for scientific discovery. It connects persistent knowledge, collective reasoning, empirical validation, and human judgment within a continuous research lifecycle, transforming fragmented activities into a cumulative process of inquiry, criticism, and revision. The central premise of BLAZE is that scientific intelligence does not arise from computation alone. It emerges from the sustained interaction among knowledge, hypotheses, experiments, and collective verification. By organizing humans and machines within a shared scientific process, BLAZE makes discovery more traceable, reproducible, and cumulative while preserving human creativity, judgment, and responsibility. Socialized scientific intelligence may provide a foundation for the next era of science. Its purpose is not to replace human discovery, but to extend the scale, depth, and continuity of collective scientific inquiry.

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From: Zhoupeng Guo [view email]
[v1] Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:18:39 UTC (8,652 KB)