That is true, I’ve seen people do biochemistry and geology work, and it did look very mind-numbing.
replyThen again, gassing rats and taking biopsies is not something you can do with AI.
> Then again, gassing rats and taking biopsies is not something you can do with AI.
replyAlso, like, let’s maybe _not_ make the “gassing and cutting living organisms open” AI? Let’s just leave that particular genie in its bottle?
Unfortunately, that's most of science. I don't see these AI systems doing reproducible experiments in "meatspace" any time soon.
replyYep. A communications professor where I did my MS says a 200usd/mo claude sub (which ant gives for free) does as much work as 5 grad students. It's mostly like you said, trying out new ideas rapidly.
replyThe purpose of hiring grad students isn’t to advance science, it’s to train experts.
replyYes. They have grad students too. This is just like having more grad students that don't need to be trained so the work you can get done is not bottlenecked by the number of people you can train.
replyIt's 90% to advance science via cheap labor and 10% to train a small group of future experts who will hire grad students to 90% advance science via cheap labor etc.
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