There are at least 200 billion trillion stars in the universe that we are aware of. That is a number beyond our comprehension. Stars generate elements. Elements form molecules. Life is built on some of these molecules.
Multiplying a number beyond our comprehension by an unknown probability >= 2
Right?
isuguitar121•3mo ago
I really think this is not "Autonomous Discovery". There is so much thought and science behind deriving the hypothesis and determining what experiments to do that is not captured in what Kosmos demonstrated here. It is exciting to see the reasoning capabilities and look forward to next steps but at this point a bit oversold in my opinion.
grantbel•3mo ago
It’s pretty impressive that Kosmos can reproduce the conclusions that human scientists came to de novo. Especially when it does so much faster than a human.
If the goal is to accelerate scientific discovery, this is what success looks like.
andrew_lettuce•3mo ago
isuguitar121•3mo ago
You are changing what they claim from "Autonomous Discovery" to "Accelerating Scientific Discovery". I agree with the latter.
falcor84•2mo ago
parodysbird•3mo ago
Exactly. There is no standard, humans will adapt and find how to use AI as a tool, and the bar will never and should never be fixed.
The beauty of Turing's Test (which he strangely seemed to misunderstand) is that it is almost impossible to pass.
svnt•3mo ago
https://sakana.ai/ai-scientist-first-publication/