Jev matched 72.5% of Kepler labels after a prompt rewrite

Pavel Rabtsevich's linked test classified 8,054 historical signals, but its stronger result came after the first run informed a redesigned prompt.

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Why it matters

The 1,999 figure is a class-specific recall result from a retrospective label-prediction test. Jev beat the fixed rules baseline only after a prompt redesign informed by an earlier run, so the result shows how much task framing can move an AI benchmark - and why it should not be described as discovering planets.

A scientist's hands interact with a glowing, transparent display showing complex exoplanet data in a darkened control room.

Pavel Rabtsevich said on September 23rd that he had used Jev to classify NASA Kepler signals, reporting 1,999 correct matches among 2,731 archive-labeled confirmed planets. The technical report linked with the experiment puts that result in context: it was the second of two runs, after the first attempt scored below a simple rules-based benchmark.…

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