April 3rd, 2009: Robot first Knowledge
Almost missed this milestone, as it did not seem to get much attention anywhere.
Turns out that April 3rd (well, results were published April 3rd) marks the first instance of first knowledge from a robot. Essentially, this was a lab bot which was programmed with an AI of the scientific method. It came up with a theory (about yeast enzymes in this case), came up with a way to test it, tested it, and proved the theory. The test was then able to be replicated by humans.
This is, to me, incredibly exciting news, because it will allow humans to vastly increase the speed with which we are able to conduct new research and make new discoveries.
That is, until the robots decide to take over the planet using malignant forms of yeast enzymes. But so it goes.
Turns out that April 3rd (well, results were published April 3rd) marks the first instance of first knowledge from a robot. Essentially, this was a lab bot which was programmed with an AI of the scientific method. It came up with a theory (about yeast enzymes in this case), came up with a way to test it, tested it, and proved the theory. The test was then able to be replicated by humans.
This is, to me, incredibly exciting news, because it will allow humans to vastly increase the speed with which we are able to conduct new research and make new discoveries.
That is, until the robots decide to take over the planet using malignant forms of yeast enzymes. But so it goes.
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