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This GPT-powered robot chemist designs reactions and makes drugs — on its own (www.nature.com)
submitted 2 years ago by KinNectar@kbin.run to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A system called Coscientist scours the Internet for instructions, then designs and executes experiments to synthesize molecules.

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[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

What does it do when the experiment goes wrong, explodes and fills the lab with toxic chemicals everywhere?

[–] phar@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Note: huge success

[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Oh, look, it's your old friend, Deadly Neurotoxin

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 2 years ago

i bet it doesnt instantly die

[–] Cicraft@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hello and again welcome to the Aperture Science Computer Aided Enrichment Center. Due to a mandatory scheduled maintenance, the appropriate chamber for this testing sequence is currently unavailable. The Enrichment Center apologizes for the inconvenience and wishes you the best of luck.

[–] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago

It simply continues, doing more!

[–] doctorspike@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Actual real life chemist here. This is not new. We’ve had “chemistry predictors” based on graph theory for decades. All that’s new is that this is AI based. So… potentially less accurate than the current tools.

[–] Gregorech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Is this one step closer to food replicators?