01 · The idea
What stayed with us
Aster's distributed research search is useful for understanding what massive parallel experimentation buys. We study the method and boundary without trying to reproduce its compute pattern locally.
02 · The local translation
What we did with it
Aster's research search makes parallel experimentation itself an object of study. We use it to ask which parts of a search loop scale with more agents and which still depend on clear objectives, independent measurement, and human judgment.
03 · The boundary
Where the comparison stops
Aster's large compute pattern is outside this Mac lab. We have not reproduced its reported results; the retained value is a boundary map and ideas that may be useful only when an active target warrants them.